I have found that if I speak up quickly, I can get the MD to prescribe a different drug. If you know what does work, that helps the MD to make better prescription decisions. I had to go to the emergency room last year; I told every single person that saw me that I did NOT want narcotics, and no one tried to give me any.
You don’t have my non-listening internist..and as we are both Medicare and Tricare Life, it is extremely hard to find doctors to take us as new patients. Or I would have changed doctors 3 years ago. He listens to my husband, and ignores me. He faxes in the RX’s no matter what I say. So I stop them at the pharmacist counter.
And no, I am not a hypochondriac, I have a huge file folder with all the test to back up the results. That is one thing I found out the hard way, make them give you copies of ALL test.
Since Oct I’ve had 3 trips to the ER, 2 to the Minor Med, 1 UN-necessary ear surgery, which left me with less hearing than I had before, and pain in the opposite ear for life. Can’t sue, you have to sign waivers. And you are told it is the only way to cure Vertigo and Meniere’s. BULL no cure, made it worse.
On top of all the Uro trips and test for false UT test results at the internist. Been one Heck of a wild ride since last July.