# This is why I fucking hate doctors!

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [November 10, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-fucking-hate-doctors/640611 "2012-11-10T19:38:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-fucking-hate-doctors/640611/21 "2012-11-11T00:01:52Z")

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> [@LilyoftheField](#):
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> My current doctor is a PCP. And I live in northeast Ohio so I’m pretty sure there is a fucking boatload of ‘competent’ health care providers in the area. There is also exponentially more ‘incompetent’ providers in the area too. (Keep in mind that I have no health insurance right now)
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> I’m pretty sure if I just pick someone at random, I won’t be any better off than I am now..

Ask around amongst your friends and coworkers. Tell them you’re doctor shopping. Most people will have either horror stories or recommendations. Or both.

Also, transfer your prescriptions to Walgreen’s and use their pharmacy website to get them to contact your doctor for prescription refills. They’re pretty good about nagging doctors for stuff.

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**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-fucking-hate-doctors/640611/22 "2012-11-11T00:13:31Z")

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Hmmm…I don’t know about how your states works, but in Texas, we can call in the refill to the pharmacy. If the scrip has expired, the pharmacy will call the doctor’s office to confirm the refill.

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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-fucking-hate-doctors/640611/23 "2012-11-11T00:36:35Z")

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Find a new doctor and go ask your pharmacist for enough synthroid to last you a week - I take the same stuff and I’ve never met a pharmacist who wouldn’t front me a few pills if I had slacked getting into my doctor, or the doctor slacked phoning in a refill.

I will note that my Dr. will just give me a refill at my appointment and agrees to contact me if the blood results indicate that things need to be adjusted. This has never happened - if you’ve had the same Rx for years, and have no symptoms, it sounds stupid that your Dr. won’t give you the Rx to save you the hassle. Fire her.

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**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2012, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-why-i-fucking-hate-doctors/640611/24 "2012-11-11T01:44:52Z")

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> [@LilyoftheField](#):
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> My current doctor is a PCP. And I live in northeast Ohio so I’m pretty sure there is a fucking boatload of ‘competent’ health care providers in the area.

If you’re in the Youngstown/Boardman area, I used to see Reema Taneja on 224 in Boardman and really liked her - she’s internal medicine but was my PCP. That said, I left that area in 2007, so it’s been a long time since I’ve seen her.

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