[End The Hypocrisy]

>>>One of the things I'd like to see is a drastic relaxation of the requirement that a person have a prescription before being able to buy his medications. You shouldn't have to shell out a bazillion bucks to a doctor every time you need some naproxyn, for example.<<<


Ah but wouldn't the protectionist medical mafia lose one of its biggest cash cows then?

[WilliamWallace1999]

Hey dipshit, take Aleve. It's over the counter and it is the same thing as Naproxyn.

[Cate]

I think your frustration is very misplaced. The overworked physicians are held responsible for the prescriptions they write. Even if the physician recommends an over the counter medication, he can still be held accountable for any problems you have. Doctors are in no-win situations everyday due to stupid laws that have nothing to do with medicine that our former administration allowed to be passed. There has to be limits on what a physician can be held accountable for. Also, very few of the doctors are able to come out of med school without being up to their ears in debt. I have worked with a lot of physicians fresh out of school, and its sad that as their office manager, I actually had more spending money than they did. If our government wanted to do anything to improve the physician shortage, there would be more grants to aid in their education. If I were you, I'd send flowers to your doctor with a thank you note for being there when you needed him.