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Originally Posted by FakeNick
you should ask your doctor if he minds those commericals though
they pay his morgage
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Last time I was at my cardiologist, and was sitting there in the examination room waiting, there was a pile of "nutrition guides" on the desk. They were from general mills I believe. It was just a guide of all the sodium, calories and fat contained in their breakfast cereals. Lame. I know the pharmaceutical companies sell HARD to doctors in the US since it's private health care here, so you get nailed with commercials and shit all the time.
I have already told him that I want to get OFF all medication whenever it's possible. I have a checkup on Monday, and I'll be asking about it again.
So far he's given me about $450 in free samples of Plavix (30 pills cost $144), and so much free Lipitor that I havent had to buy any yet (since May 19th). He knows I dont have insurance, and I guess he assumes that means I'm dirt poor, hehe. So I'll take all the freebies until they run out..
He may prescribe things that he normally wouldnt have thought of, just based on someone asking him about some big new pill they saw on tv. But certainly not to me. Not unless it's absolutely required in his opinion, and I still ask why do I HAVE to do that!????