Do you think Physicans over prescribe drugs?

And I can prove it

some of them do yes

And the patient for telling their Physician something hurts on their body an awful lot just to get a higher dosage, and/or more pills when really they just want to get high. It's very sad! It's very sad when you have loved ones that do this. I guess there is really nothing you can do, but just leave it up to God and let Him take care of the sick one. All we can do is pray. The only thing to do with people like this.

Yes, physicians do over prescribe those pills.

Not ALL physicians, of course, but (too) many of them do.

Are you kidding? Of course they do! Why do you think drugs are advertised on television? So patient's can dictate to their doctors what they want. If it weren't for doctors over-prescribing those commercials wouldn't be so lucrative.

Yep. They easily prescribe meds to anyone for any reason.

I believe meds are passed out far to often without trying more practical cautious steps first. How many of you went to a Dr. And was given blood pressure first time out? How many times have you been given antibiotics without a clear rational for dispensing them? How about statins? Overkill..Ah yes health through pills , balcon! Many drug reps peddle their wares and the Dr dispenses them without knowing the full ramifications of the drug. My philosophy. Patient beware. Become informed, listen to your own body. You are your own best caregiver.

No once they prescribe the medcine or drugs. Whatever people call it. Its that person choice on what they do with the drugs. If they wanna overdose on it or sell it . Its not the physicans felt everyone is responbile for there own actions.

Not only doctors, but dentists as well. I had a tooth extracted. Before I left the office, they gave me 20 oxycodone pills for the "pain." I can take a good deal of pain, and Advil worked fine. I never even opened the pain killers. Giving me a prescription if I felt I needed to fill it would have been better.

Yeah, but you can keep those things and if you have some type of pain in the future use them.

I can honestly say that the only time I've needed something stronger than Advil was when I had a kidney stone. It seems wasteful to give me pills that I'm not going to use.

You must have a high pain tolerance.

I do. I also found that the pain meds I was prescribed when I was younger and had my impacted wisdom teeth extracted didn't work any better than aspirin, so I would rather not take a prescription med.

Unless you are a surgeon the only thing most doctors have to make people well is drugs.
They can do have test done and can diagnose problems but when it comes to fixing the problem they must reply on medication. I would suspect that when you are a doctor and dealing with a patient that is very demanding that it would be very tempting to give them what they want if it makes sense but I don't think the majority of doctors do.

Some do at least the very least.

of course there's always a few who do..my Doc got me off meds

I really don't know how to answer this question given the two options. There are doctors who have too little time to work out other options with patients and may tend to over prescribe but on the whole I think they have your best interests in mind .
A good person to have a rapport with is your local pharmacist. Make an appointment to sit and review your medications with him or her and they can give you good advise on whether or not you should be talking about alternatives with your physician. Of course if you do, you should be prepared to approach your doctor non confrontationally so he/she keeps an open mind during the discussion. A good example of this is that my doctor had me taking lipitor for some time now and my lipids are still not where they should be, so after increasing the dosage once, he then prescribed a second drug to be taken in conjuction because he was concerned that another rise in lipitor would be too risky for my liver. The pharmasist I have been with for years informed me that the liver risks were as high or worse using the combination and and gave me information that my doctor considered and switched me to a single but higher dose lipitor generic, saving me about a hundred dollars a month. All to the same effect.

Many doctors nowadays are nothing but pill pushers.

I think so too.

honestly I don't know... I used to be on the highest dose of prozac before i decided I didn't need it anymore.. and you know what, I was right.

Absolutely! I believe many of them get kick back from drug companies and Pharmacies. In fact our entire society is awash with drugs. Even the rediculus amounts of vitimans and other suppliments. People no longer understand that sometimes when you have a cough for instance or a mild fever, that is your body reacting to congestion or a bacteria. Let your body do it's job.

I think some doctors just ask a question maybe two then prescribe something when they haven't even check to see what you have yet if anything.