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This is why most doctors don't start recommending such medication until it is proven to work. They cannot and don't want to be held liable for damages. For exa
by chii 4y ago
This is why most doctors don't start recommending such medication until it is proven to work.
They cannot and don't want to be held liable for damages. For example, if it did turn out that prolonged vitamin D supplementation causes an unexpected issue, what then? Would the patient have been OK with that? Or would their response have been the exact opposite of what the OP was suggesting?
Self-medication is acceptable, and the patient should be made aware; the doctor should give advice, but not prescribe, in this case. Most doctors prefer not to get into this level of liability.
- lynx23 4y agoLiability, tell me about it. At the age of 7, I underwent an operation without knowledge or consent of my parents. A few weeks later, my remaining 20% eyesight was down to almost 0%. IOW, so that everyone understand: I was used as a subject for a medical experiment. And here you are, telling me that doctors will never do anything because they are so afraid? Sorry, you are living in a different world as I do... I hope you never enter mine.