Posted by jonhed on July 27, 2016, at 18:32:37
In reply to Re: Why do doctors push antipsychotics so hard?, posted by crabcakebenny on July 27, 2016, at 16:25:06
It makes me unhappy as well, but it's hard to not think about it sometimes..
Yeah maybe they are, i live in sweden and the doctors are very experimental here because of the consistent(?) salary the doctors get. (They have a maximum and minimum wage they get. But they also get provision for prescribing x many, lets say, methylphenidate pills to. The only thing that is good with most countries in europe is that we never have to care about the cost of any drug. It's equal cheap to buy aspirin as abilify, there is no difference, and when you have paid 2800kr (220 dollars) in one year for medicines, everything become free. Even 10000 pills of rexulti is free, cause we have something called "högkostnadsskydd" it's like an insurance every citizen are born with, that makes you only pay 220 dollars per year at most for medicines. That makes it easier for doctors to choose more freely with the dosages, because everyone can afford it. we don't have sample packs here, you get a script for 100 pills at the time, and if you can't tolerate them, you go to the pharmacy and return it and they dispose them in a eco friendly way. But it's equal corrupt anyway, cause everyone wants to make money.)
But.... Many are paid here to unfortunately. So don't think to high about europe!
Sorry for the lecture in swedish politics.
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