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unfortunately, many (most?) doctors have simply become prescription writing machines - "got a problem? there is a pill for that", and if that pill doesn't work,
by ejb999 3y ago
unfortunately, many (most?) doctors have simply become prescription writing machines - "got a problem? there is a pill for that", and if that pill doesn't work, we will try something else.
Good luck finding a MD that actually wants you to be healthy and drug free - the system is setup to give you a prescription and hope that it works; doctors around me won't even broach the subject of suggesting you lose some weight or get more exercise or even just eat more healthy food - they just write a prescription to deal with the adverse affects of your poor lifestyle.
- matheusmoreira 3y agoIn my experience, it's the opposite. Day in day out I tell patients to exercise and eat better. Some people manage to change their lifestyle, get better and even get off medications such as statins. Many don't and medication ends up being the only thing keeping things under control. Then there are the patients who will destroy you on social media when you tell them to take some responsibility because that's "intolerance" of their morbid obesity. Plenty of people out there looking for easy pill solutions to everything.
- ejb999 3y agoYep - I have several family members that work in primary care - many patients have filed formal complaints with the practice if the provider calls attention to the fact that someone is obese or is making unhealthy lifestyle choices and should make changes if they want to be healthier - one even threatening to sue if the office didn't take references to her chart that said she was clinically obese - so more and more providers are simply not broaching the subject and instead writing the prescription for whatever the pill-de-jour is.