Posted by fayeroe on January 13, 2009, at 8:13:34
In reply to Re: Seriously What's Happened To Meds Board???? » fayeroe, posted by Garnet71 on January 13, 2009, at 6:28:26
I don't know where people are getting the notion that physicians quit learning after medical school. An endless array of information is available and if you ARE a doctor, you receive publications on a monthly basis that are very informative about new drugs and new surgical techniques (surgeons)> OB/gyns even get the informational literature (that doctors have reviewed) concerning Pmeds drugs. Doctors are privy to drug trial results. Doctors and nurses take part in drug/placebo studies frequently.
My ex's evenings were spent reading up on meds and studies. How do you think he knew what to prescribe when a patient was combative and/or having a psychotic episode? The doctors that I knew had enough knowledge about Pmeds to prescribe in a crisis and refer to a Pdoc immediately. They also consult asap when it appears that the patient needs Pdoc intervention right away.
I, personally, am not very comfortable with all of this speculation concerning the "lack of" training and continuing education that doctors can avail themselves of.......Hold your hand up if you've gone to medical school or worked in a medical environment where a wide variety of meds are prescribed on a daily basis. Having been married to a doctor certainly doesn't make me a professional but we discussed his practice for 16 years and I learned much from the man. I saw every med under the sun while working in ER. The doctor that I worked with went out of his way to explain the drugs that he prescribed to his patients.
Painting the medical profession with such broad strokes seems to be condemning all because someone has had a bad experience with their doctors.
I recommend surbscribing to something like "The New England Journal of Medicine and trying to reading through it. It is a very informative publication.
p.s. my ex did not keep boxes full of samples that he handed out like candy. he prescribed the med that he knew would be appropriate for the situation.
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