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lyc #2: I am so annoyed with my doctors today. I have an infected pump site in my stomach - I've had plenty of them before - nothing a Z-pack won't

Posted by kelly (aka kelly) Aug 30 '10, 13:54

take care of.

Neither my endocrinologist nor my general physician (who has seen me before b/c of infected sites) will give me a prescription without coming in to see them.

After multiple visits to the GP for this kind of thing, I really don't want to take (unpaid) time off of work to sit in their office for 45 minutes only to hear "oh yeah, that's infected." I'm not asking for painkillers or anything! Just give me the damn antibiotic!

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the problem is definitely CYA like Bery said. but also doctors are getting alot of heat for over prescribing antibiotics and creating things like MRSA - sycor Aug 30, 14:01
Do they do repeat prescriptions in the US? They do here. -- nm - Loyola Aug 30, 13:57 10
- The Dr. will specify a number of 'refills' allowed, but I don't think we have 'repeat' or like, 'standing' prescriptions. -- nm - Dr.Vermin Aug 30, 13:59 8
  - we have it that way too, but if you have a recurring condition, they usually give you enough that you don't have to come in too often. -- nm - Andie Aug 30, 14:01 7
    - but would they do that for antibiotics? I'm not so sure -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 14:01 6
      - I can't remember what I was on them for but I got a rake of antibiotics before for something and the doc writes "repeat x3" at the end of it. - Loyola Aug 30, 14:06 4
        
        I've never seen refills on an antibiotic prescription that I've gotten. -- nm - Kim Pine Aug 30, 14:08 3
        
        yeah, it can be a bad thing to get refills on those. Where is pharmacist Tim when we need him? -- nm - loosilu Aug 30, 14:16
        
        I've seen it for antifungals. -- nm - I can't think of a joke nick si Aug 30, 14:09 1
        
        There's a fungus among us! -- nm - Elaine's Medicine Cabinet Aug 30, 14:10
      - (My wife's had the same level of annoyance for recurring things in the past, as well) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 14:03
- they might, but this sounds like a "let's try to avoid liability and cover our asses" type thing -- nm - Beryllium Aug 30, 13:58

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