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<blockquote data-quote="kesun" data-source="post: 548176" data-attributes="member: 39776"><p>That is so true. I still feel a wave of pain and mortification when I remember how I kept my daughter on Tegretol for four years because I trusted the neurology team over her complaints. It was only when they stopped the medicine for an operation and she instantly recovered from all sorts of problems I'd put down to her underlying condition rather than the medication that I realised they'd been wrong. I did her irreparable harm by keeping her on that medicine. That was when I started to check all prescriptions for my children.</p><p></p><p>Ironically, though, I didn't think to check Simvastatin when my GP prescribed it for me, and since he hadn't mentioned any side effects (he told me afterwards that mentioning them tends to have a nocebo effect so he doesn't) I was shocked, confused and frightened by the severe side effects that hit me. So I've now learnt to check out prescriptions for me as well as for my family.</p><p></p><p>It's hard not to feel betrayed, but I think GPs are generally doing what they honestly think is the right thing. Even professionals make assumptions and overlook details, and there's no reason to think the medics I was at university with are any less prone to error than, say, the lawyers or the engineers. And I think the good ones are glad to have patients or clients who do their own research and act as part of the team.</p><p></p><p>Kate</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kesun, post: 548176, member: 39776"] That is so true. I still feel a wave of pain and mortification when I remember how I kept my daughter on Tegretol for four years because I trusted the neurology team over her complaints. It was only when they stopped the medicine for an operation and she instantly recovered from all sorts of problems I'd put down to her underlying condition rather than the medication that I realised they'd been wrong. I did her irreparable harm by keeping her on that medicine. That was when I started to check all prescriptions for my children. Ironically, though, I didn't think to check Simvastatin when my GP prescribed it for me, and since he hadn't mentioned any side effects (he told me afterwards that mentioning them tends to have a nocebo effect so he doesn't) I was shocked, confused and frightened by the severe side effects that hit me. So I've now learnt to check out prescriptions for me as well as for my family. It's hard not to feel betrayed, but I think GPs are generally doing what they honestly think is the right thing. Even professionals make assumptions and overlook details, and there's no reason to think the medics I was at university with are any less prone to error than, say, the lawyers or the engineers. And I think the good ones are glad to have patients or clients who do their own research and act as part of the team. Kate [/QUOTE]
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