"John Rumm" wrote in message
o.uk...
On 18/02/2013 12:38, DrTeeth wrote:

Strange thing is that they knew about resistance 50 years ago, but
didn't ensure that it was generally understood by patients.

Patients do not need to understand it, they just need to do what they
are told by those that do.

Its that sort of attitude that contributes to the problem. Instructions to
blindly "do as I say" are rarely the best way to engender co-operation
from a good selection of people.

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Cheers,

John.


I think that there are good and bad doctors, the same as there are in any
trade, and people make the mistake of thinking that doctors, dentists,
surgeons, airline pilots and so on are gods, not to be challenged. For the
most part, my doctor seems pretty fair at her job, but I certainly don't
just follow everything she says or tells me to do, blindly. I have had
run-ins with her on several occasions where I have not agreed with her
proposed action, or I have wanted to know more about what my condition was
exactly, and the full raft of treatments available, not just the cheapest. I
have a friend that started to be treated for high blood pressure a few years
back, and he has just followed whatever he's been told and taken whatever
was prescribed, even though he was getting side effects from the medication,
and worse, knew that he was. I went through the same thing at about the same
time, but I took the trouble to check what the potential side effects of
each medication that they tried were, and I monitored myself carefully to
see if I was suffering any of them. All of the 'standard-try-this-first'
medications caused me problems with tiredness, odd feelings of 'detachment',
irritability, loss of taste and so on, but I persisted in going back each
time, discussing the problem, and being moved on to the next one. I probably
went through about 8 different medications before we found one that suited
me, and I have been fine with that ever since. My friend, on the other hand,
is now a gibbering wreck. He has completely lost his sense of taste, and
shakes all the time. They have checked for all the stuff like Parkinsons,
but he comes back clear. I am totally convinced that his general
degeneration, is as a direct result of the medication that he takes for his
blood pressure ...

Arfa