Posted by med_empowered on December 11, 2006, at 22:48:35
In reply to Re: My Magical Trip To The ER, posted by dbc on December 11, 2006, at 22:40:08
wow. I find most docs to be horrendously spiteful towards people taking psychiatric meds of any sort, especially controlled ones. We're told, as patients, to follow our doctor's directions and that meds can help, etc. and then we're told that we're drug addicts b/c of the meds being prescribed.
It is ridiculous.
Anyway, I say call the hospital administration. Alot of states require informed consent for antipsychotics, and an injection of droperidol is *NOT* ever appropriate treatment for panic. The only justification I can think of is that the AP would neutralize the dexedrine, but that would *only* be appropriate in cases of amphetamine-psychosis or anxiety induced by excessive or illegal use of amphetamines.
This dude sucks. He shouldn't be allowed to punish patients just because he disapproves of their medications. Call the hospital. Call your own p-doc. Call your state's law line (most states have ones that field questions on certain days). Check out allexperts.com and see if anyone there can help you.
If you really want to be vengeful...post his info on here, or babble it to some people. I imagine we could flood the hospital's email and/or phone lines.
Good luck!
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