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How about not relying on a Dr. or a program and taking your health care into your own hands? Research and review and ask questions and don't just take w/o ques
by e40 10y ago
How about not relying on a Dr. or a program and taking your health care into your own hands? Research and review and ask questions and don't just take w/o questioning the advice either give?
Statins have serious side effects. I would never take them without doing my own research.
EDIT: I don't mean "research" in the scientific sense, but in the "look into it" sense.
- JamesBarney 10y agoThis method needs to be compared in effectiveness against the above 2 approaches. Assume I'm a run of the mill dude without a biomedical background. I decide to read up on the current literature relating to statins. After going through these highly technical studies I find a conflict between what the doctor/program is telling me and what I thought I read. Now what are the odds I'm right and the doctor/program are wrong?
- lawnchair_larry 10y agoHigh
- e40 10y agoYou have the great advantage of all of the information. That clear advantage will greatly benefit you. EDIT: by "all the information" I mean the sum total of all your health information. Even if you are at an HMO (e.g., Kaiser), not everything is written in your record and not every Dr. will read your entire record. Also, only you can order a 2nd opinion, based on the facts you know. A Dr. will never order a 2nd opinion. I have literally never heard of this, but if it does happen, it is exceedingly rare.