I was watching an old TV episode a few weeks ago and saw one episode where a doctor came to tend to one of the characters. The character’s wife had a conniption over her husband’s ill state, so the doctor “gave her a sedative.”
This amazed me. To just so casually give out a med like that, without red tape or complex processes getting in the way. That would be unthinkable in these times! If that woman had needed help in this era, she would’ve jad to go to an emergency room and wait around for hours while jumping through so damn many hoops..
I wish that those days would come back.
I have noticed also that younger docs tend to not give you any meds in the office. There was a day when I did not leave my docs office without a sack full of samples and meds he would give me until it was convenient for me to go to the pharmacy.