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No to all threeIf your Dr told you to stay away from fat and eat carbs, would you follow the advice?
If your Dr wanted to put you on statins without sharing the cholesterol breakdown with you, would you take them?
If your Dr prescibed any med, would you take it just because he/she said so?
No, we shouldn't always do as we are told but we should certainly listen to them and make an advised decision. What we certainly should NEVER do is ignore all medical advice but accept the advice of a complete stranger on a forum eh ;-)In what circumstances should we ignore our Drs and other HCPs advice? If ever? Or should we always do as we are told?
I don't think so.
What do you think?
They may be experts in the medical field, but we are experts on ourselves.
No, we shouldn't always do as we are told but we should certainly listen to them and make an advised decision. What we certainly should NEVER do is ignore all medical advice but accept the advice of a complete stranger on a forum eh ;-)
That's is exactly why I would recommend that you follow your doctor's instructions - you don't know enough statistics to realize that your anecdotes carry no weight, and I doubt that you have the statistical knowledge to make an educated decision about which drugs are best. Your doctor, on the other hand, acts on instructions made by people who do have that knowledge.but we are experts on ourselves.
But you still discussed metformin with your doc. Would you have taken them if you received them from a complete stranger ? What you did was exactly right. The whole purpose of this forum is to ask/give advice and then discuss with your healthcare providersOh, so I asked for Metformin on the advice of a complete stranger on this forum. Was that wrong? My GP would not have given it to me if I hadn't asked.
But you still discussed metformin with your doc. Would you have taken them if you received them from a complete stranger ?
Question is, do you need a drug? Who will tell you? And will your GP tell you about side effects?That's is exactly why I would recommend that you follow your doctor's instructions - you don't know enough statistics to realize that your anecdotes carry no weight, and I doubt that you have the statistical knowledge to make an educated decision about which drugs are best. Your doctor, on the other hand, acts on instructions made by people who do have that knowledge.
He certainly won't tell you about the side effects of taking a cocktail of prescribed drugs together, because he won't know. That's up to you to research or suffer the consequences.Question is, do you need a drug? Who will tell you? And will your GP tell you about side effects?