Posted by IsoM on August 27, 2002, at 18:48:01
In reply to Re: doctors and stimulants, posted by sudhira on August 27, 2002, at 17:44:11
I'm curious if you've used Ritalin before & if you haven't, what you think of its effects, with this new prescription, if you don't mind saying.
Doctors have it constantly drummed into them 'don't prescribe stims unless as a last resort & only with all sorts of safeguards in the way'. One doctor I had before he moved was given nothing but trouble from the hospital board & the 'good old boys club' of doctors that controlled it due to a number of factors. (He was E. Indian in an area mostly comprised of white doctors, many from S. Africa.) For every controlled medication he prescribed, they raked him over the coals for it. He was an excellent doctor & one with a great deal of empathy & sympathy for the poor in his area, but others made life hell for him till he moved out.
Too many doctors do think of stims as ready to be abused by anybody that ever uses them. I'm curious as to why your doctor gave you Ritalin as opposed to another stim. I've heard that Ritalin has a greater potential for abuse as it can be mixed with Talwin for a street high. Don't know how true that is.
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