To: Devil_Anse
The literature is for the patient to look over when a Dr uses his expertise to recommend any prescription that would otherwise not be easily available.
A Dr did his part if literature was given when the prescription was made. Literature and the dr handing it out goes hand in hand. Patient doesnt read it, then its the patients fault.
31 posted on
10/10/2003 7:32:00 AM PDT by
smith288
(DU posters are as classy as a Chevette on your prom.)
To: smith288
I read the "literature" on Accutane. Except for those chemical formulas and some of the many extremely large words. I don't have a degree in chemistry, so that was kind of hard for me to understand.
I found a warning concerning the possibility of suicide. It concerned me. I asked the dermatologist about that. She assured me that it was essentially not proven, at this time, that the drug increases the risks of suicide in normal teenagers. She gave me some percentages, which sounded like there was only a small risk.
I decided not to buy the drug for my son. I asked the dermatologist to prescribe some other therapy, whatever else was available that was acceptable.
I will never know if I saved my son from experiencing a life-threatening side effect, or not.
But I do know that "reading the literature" is not enough to educate a layperson like me about a drug. I am not a chemist.
However, I am the daughter of a doctor.
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