The patient bears no responsibility to inform each health care provider of their current medication list. The physician should prognosticate the information from their arse?
BS
My mother passed away 3 years ago. She had Dystonia for 25 years.
My father and myself both carried lists of all her medications and their dosages along with the frequency of dose. These were always noted as the nurses did their charting initially and copies were attached in her chart.
Can doctors not read? Do they review charts and meds?
It is not BS! They made mistakes and admitted it!
Gabapentin (Neurontin) caused a severe med. interaction almost causing her death. That was discovered by myself going through the PDR and reading interactions of drugs. I pointed this out to 2 sets of doctors-infection control and neurology.
Now I will ask again, do stupid doctors not know how to read case notes, med. lists or consult with eachother!