What do you tell your doctors about "self-prescribed" meds?

[Photon]

Never.
I rely on a mix of doctors, a few i see in person for harder to get medications but the majority are teledoctors. As long as it's covered by my insurance, I could care less who I'm seeing. They don't need to know anything or what im using. I just need the prescription.

 

[Ghoul]

Never.
I rely on a mix of doctors, a few i see in person for harder to get medications but the majority are teledoctors. As long as it's covered by my insurance, I could care less who I'm seeing. They don't need to know anything or what im using. I just need the prescription.

And once you're "in" with a prescription, it becomes infinitely easier to get it refilled by other docs.

Trying to get oral Minoxidil was like pulling teeth a few years ago, until I got a telemedicine prescrip. Then I just brought it with me to an appointment and a previously reluctant doctor had no problem taking over refills .

 

[MadaFacor]

I just tell him I got it from my telehealth or TRT clinic. Then they prescribe it and we're good

 

[verylargeshoes]

Very interesting mix of perspectives. It’s fair to say the incentives and interests of the doctor and patient are not aligned.

I do have a situation that needs addressing by a nephrologist that I suspect may be a result of “supplements”. Perhaps we can proceed by focusing on the what and skirt the why.

 

[BeardedGuy]

I was under the impression that most everyone here gets bloods and self prescribes through foreign pharms? Lot of talk of telehealth talk. Everyone do their own thing, but I’m kinda surprised

 

[verylargeshoes]

I was under the impression that most everyone here gets bloods and self prescribes through foreign pharms? Lot of talk of telehealth talk. Everyone do their own thing, but I’m kinda surprised

It does sound like a lot of people do, and the knowledge they’ve amassed and share with others is highly admirable. But I’m too old, and have too many serious conditions to manage, for that to be entirely feasible. I checked, but Marek Health and friends don’t offer PET scans or colonoscopies. :-/

You might suggest I shouldn’t be engaging in this sort of thing at all if that’s the case, and I don’t really have a good counter-argument except “But I want to”.

 

[BeardedGuy]

It does sound like a lot of people do, and the knowledge they’ve amassed and share with others is highly admirable. But I’m too old, and have too many serious conditions to manage, for that to be entirely feasible. I checked, but Marek Health and friends don’t offer PET scans or colonoscopies. :-/

You might suggest I shouldn’t be engaging in this sort of thing at all if that’s the case, and I don’t really have a good counter-argument except “But I want to”.

I’m with you on “I want to”. It’s yours to spend as you see fit. I guess I’m similar. I’m certainly not refusing the age-appropriate care.
Just… adding to it.

 

[BamaCrazy]

It does sound like a lot of people do, and the knowledge they’ve amassed and share with others is highly admirable. But I’m too old, and have too many serious conditions to manage, for that to be entirely feasible. I checked, but Marek Health and friends don’t offer PET scans or colonoscopies. :-/

You might suggest I shouldn’t be engaging in this sort of thing at all if that’s the case, and I don’t really have a good counter-argument except “But I want to”.

There is a Telehealth for everything.

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[verylargeshoes]

There is a Telehealth for everything.

This site offers discount radiological scans.

Okay, that’s pretty awesome. The list price on my PET scan for blood cancer was tens of thousands of dollars. Wonder how deep they can discount. They list a full body PET for $2400, but I’m not sure it’s an equivalent test.

Sooner or later that rope runs out, though. If I need chemo, or a surgeon, or something beyond the thin veneer over retail self-prescription a lot of telehealth offers, a 5 minute consult with some hack sporting a degree from the Caribbean School of Most Excellent Doctoring isn’t going to cut it (so to speak). And I’m definitely out of *my* depth.

I wonder how long the sketchier side of telehealth will be allowed to continue unchecked. What I can order from TelyRX, and in what dangerous combinations, with a 100% prescribe success rate so far, is shocking. I don’t have to describe symptoms, or have test results, or even specify the condition for which something is being prescribed. I just pick something off a menu and click a checkbox at the end of some boilerplate text I’ve never bothered to read. Either the legislature is going to shut them down, or the wrongful death lawsuits from the surviving relatives of their customers will.

 

[Luke391]

This is a good point. We're actually friends with our Doc. Family member worked with them. In general I'm told that docs either worry about losing their license or getting sued. Might turn you in just to protect themselves

yes. definetly if outside of US. It would better to tell my doctor I smoke crack ona daily basis that telling him I use some UGL peptides and homebrewed injectable supplements. I'd likely get arrested

 

[Luke391]

I'm curious, for those folks on self-prescibed BP, HR, statins, etc. - do you disclose all that to your doctors? For our American brethren -- what about things like cilnidipine, which aren't even available for prescription use in the US? It sounds like great stuff (@Ghoul shared a lot of information about it) but a US doctor isn't going to know anything about it, or be extremely confused about why I'd be on it.

Or things like Aromasin/Exemestane and Raloxifene. The docs are going to wonder why I'm being treated for estrogen-positive breast cancer.

why even go to a doctor? Like unless you are dying or need surgery I see no point in seeing a doc for any health issue you might experience. They know fuck all and give you shitty meds that barely work, or they just dismiss you althogheter (like happened to me many times). They are useless retards and it's a waste of time and money. Do tons and tons of research and self medicate. I'll never talk to a doctor about my health ever again.

 

[verylargeshoes]

why even go to a doctor? Like unless you are dying or need surgery I see no point in seeing a doc for any health issue you might experience. They know fuck all and give you shitty meds that barely work, or they just dismiss you althogheter (like happened to me many times). They are useless retards and it's a waste of time and money. Do tons and tons of research and self medicate. I'll never talk to a doctor about my health ever again.

I’m going into laparoscopic surgery for a hernia tomorrow. I have to get colonoscopies every two years. I had cancer a couple of years ago. My main medication is biologics I can’t get from India. Afraid not every problem is DIYable with a gray market pill.

 

[Photon]

I’m going into laparoscopic surgery for a hernia tomorrow. I have to get colonoscopies every two years. I had cancer a couple of years ago. My main medication is biologics I can’t get from India. Afraid not every problem is DIYable with a gray market pill.

Good luck dude.

 

[Photon]

I’m going into laparoscopic surgery for a hernia tomorrow. I have to get colonoscopies every two years. I had cancer a couple of years ago. My main medication is biologics I can’t get from India. Afraid not every problem is DIYable with a gray market pill.

If you do find a good doctor, stick to him/her forever. One of the reasons I never really bothered was because of insurance. Each time i change jobs..insurance changes, coverage changes, and usually..the PCP has to change.

 

[Liter O' Test]

no reason to tell any doctor anything you do at all, at best they'll blame anything thats wrong with you on whatever you tell them, wether its a diet or an ancillary ( making them ignore or stop looking for the actual reason) or they''ll mess with your future medical care or insurance.

(unless you have a legit doc thats had your back for decades, or a higher end doc that treats higher end clients) probably an 80/20 rule

i cannot wait for all these arrogant pricks get replaced by robots so they can stop feeling like gods for prescribing lisinopril, metformin and gabapentin and gaslighting people about any other issue besides diabetes/high blood pressure/ cancer.

my mother has osteroperosis at a young age. why thef uck didnt her doctor even think to check until now or warn her about this when she started menopause. they just fucking love being ignorant and unaccountable and then go around like theyre saving lives and if anything happens its unavoidable and it is what it is, could be worse, now im here to fix you so you should actually be thanking me.
as long as you arent morbidly obese with an oxygen tank, they pretend youre healthy as can be because the CBC comes back OK once per year

 

[readalot]

I’m going into laparoscopic surgery for a hernia tomorrow. I have to get colonoscopies every two years. I had cancer a couple of years ago. My main medication is biologics I can’t get from India. Afraid not every problem is DIYable with a gray market pill.

Best wishes Sir. Hope it goes well.

 

[sionnach]

I’m going into laparoscopic surgery for a hernia tomorrow.

Good luck bro. I just had one fixed in the last year too. And I'm about the 20th one in my circle to need it done. Training hard requires occasional repair lol. You'll be fine, but tell them the pain is a 10 so they can give you better meds.