Posted on 01/08/2023 11:25:07 AM PST by know.your.why
Being a vet and $4.00 will get you a cup of coffee around here.
I take it you do not have health insurance?
Those meds may require blood work. I’d be shocked if there was a way for someone to risk a malpractice suit just to write you a prescription.
There is Doctors On Demand, but they were not free. They were to me because my health Insurance covered them
Do you have no insurance?
There’s a show on Real America’s Voice, “Cowboy Logic”, and they advertise a medical group/person who will prescribe certain drugs. I can’t recall the name. Cowboy Logic replays probably can be seen at the RAV site.
Also, Live From Studio 6B also advertises a remote services for some meds. Again, I don’t know the name.
Depending upon the meds you can get some refilled at a
pharmacy without a prescription. ex. Walmart, grocery
chains, etc. Just a suggestion.
Call local primary care clinics, let them know ahead of time that you are a cash patient and negotiate terms before you go. Ask about new patient fees and if they will be lower once you are established. Some will offer payment plans or interest-free credit options. Many clinics will suggest outside labs that are more affordable if you ask, and if they balk at this request you should keep looking. Ask about mask requirements as many are finally dropping these, but you may have to put up with that if you find a reasonable fee.
Many physicians will give up to a year of refills once you are established, but will require at least yearly visits to maintain the relationship. That’s minimal for good medical care and it is how they get paid for their services.
If you are expecting a physician to see you for much less than the $165 you were asked for at urgent care, you are likely to be disappointed, especially for an unestablished patient.
That short visit to your physician may seem overcharged to you, but in the costs of “just vital signs and a few questions”, especially for private practice physicians, are nurse, clerk and administrative salaries and benefits, rent, insurance, utilities, maintenance, computer and internet costs, etc. Not surprisingly, you are also paying for the physician’s experience and expertise.
He or she doesn’t know anything about your medical history, compliance, prior treatment, how up-to-date you are on necessary screening tests and loads of other necessary information to give proper care.
With those “few taps on a keyboard”, your physician also immediately assumes liability for your care and is on the hook for any poor outcomes you have from medication management. Even if you have been on the same medications for years, there may be better options available now that may need to be considered. There are reasons medical licenses are required to prescribe medications.
And yes, I am in the medical profession, and I understand that healthcare can be overly expensive, but expecting a physician to simply take medication orders from you and relay them to the pharmacy is unrealistic and insulting to the profession.
My advice is to do what I described in the first paragraph, and prepare to pay reasonable professional fees for professional services. You don’t say why you are unable to go back to your previous free clinics, but if you really need free care, you may need to look for other free options.
Love,
O2
Why don’t you just go on line and purchase them through pharmacies in India, they have EVERYTHING except narcotics it will take approximately 3 weeks to get them!! The one I use all the time is called HappyFamilyStore just Google it!!!
You don’t need prescriptions for any medications from overseas pharmacies!!
Drink lots celery juice every day, don’t eat processed food, give up salt.
Or... go see a doc, lisinopril is cheap 10mg, then drink lots celery juice every day, don’t eat processed food, give up salt.
Monitor your own blood pressure etc... now what I want to tell you is you’ll need a juicer and you’ll need a blood pressure cuff so you might as well just go to the doctor and save you all that money. There’s no magic pill for this s*** you have to be an active participant.
The SAD (Standard American Diet) is not your friend. Plain Oatmeal in the morning will help with cholesteral, add non salted black beans for a boost. Drink lots of water throughout the day, eat lots of green leafy’s. Cabbage is your inexpensive friend.
You get what you pay for.
First you’d have to establish care and this is difficult without seeing a doctor in person because an initial physical exam is required by state board.
With no controlled drugs you could arrange to do telemedicine but there would be a need for some sort of physical probably once a year.
Keep in mind that doctors won’t likely do this for free and won’t cut comers when it comes to compliance with medical standards.
If your income is low, look for a free clinic.
Dr Xray?
He always calls in, to their show :-)
Good advice!
Could be. I don’t pay that much attention to their commercials.
Dr Xray is usually a guest/interviewee.
Have you tried ZocDoc?
Many of them will be in your area and should offer online consultations. Your doctor has to be in your state to legally prescribe meds for you.
And they don’t do physicals
The problem is no doc is going to write you a scrip without checking you out
It would be unethical and could cost them their license
You had a doc that wrote the prescription. Why not see that one
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