Somebody said that?
No because I haven’t seen her since then
A mindset isn’t something you say – it is a frame of mind or an attitude.
So no, no one said that, nor did I claim they did.
You should tell her. Maybe she will want to recommend that other patients try this.
I by no means possess the mindset that by definition, the doctor did everything right all of the time. I am of the somewhat informed opinion that, based on what the OP wrote in Post One and subsequent posts, his doctor did everything right according to the best standards of her industry at this particular visit. Maybe otherwise she’s a crap doctor, I don’t know. Goodness knows there are plenty of them. I have a list of doctors who are not allowed to touch me unless we are literally the last people on earth and I’m actively bleeding from my eyeballs, and that list grows weekly. Pretty soon half the doctors in Chicago will be on it, I’m sure. I’m actually laughing out loud here, because I’m pretty anti-doctor, in general, which is why I’m in a field of nursing that limits my contact with them. It’s kind of surreal to be defending one, even in the abstract on a message board.
But to suggest that *this *doctor, this time, didn’t do “everything right”, is an extraordinary claim that requires extraordinary evidence.
someone told me doctors don’t recommend things like Fish Oil
They don’t tend to recommend things that have not been tested in double-blind studies, and cannot be prescribed or even suggested for particular conditions, and they won’t tell you to buy something if they can’t recommend a manufacturer that has standards of purity at least as good as an OTC med (like Tylenol Flu, for example).
It’s totally understandable. You are free to buy a hot dog from the questionable vendor with the expired license, and the umbrella full of holes, but it would be highly irresponsible for a food stamps or WIC program to allow you to use vouchers there.
You are free to take medical advice from a co-worker with no medical background, but if your doctor had told you “I got nothing. Why don’t you ask a co-worker?” That would be malpractice.
For something like arthritis, which has no real treatment or cure, yes, they often do. Tylenol is not a treatment. They don’t think your arthritis will improve if you take it.
There is even prescription fish oil, so doctors do prescribe it for some things.
I was diagnosed with arthritis by a doctor and I was already taking fish oil. Waste of money.
I was diagnosed as a doctor by a fish. Coinicidence? I think not.
possibly because it’s linked to a 44% increase in prostate cancer.
So, as it stands, you’re listening to “someone” who advised you on what doctors do and do not do and you’re advertising a specific brand of fish by-products as a cure for a disease that has no known cure.
Do you see where we’re going with this?
You do realize they are just “PRACTICING” medicine. They don’t have it down like a plumber or electrician or mechanic.
ANd they don’t tend to prescribe something they cannot make another buck off of.
was it GNC brand?
Is it GNC brand that may increase it?
sigh…
It’s not necessarily any supplement.
From the above link:
“The study’s 12 authors explain they could not discern if the risk of prostate cancer was derived from eating fish rich in omega-3 fatty acids (such as salmon or herring), or from fish oil supplements.”
Here is a brief summary of some of the benefits of fish oil:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/druginfo/natural/993.html
It is considered “possibly effective for” rheumatoid arthritis. I have a friend who takes it as per doctor’s orders for this purpose. So, a real MD is indeed instructing people to try it.
RA and OA are not the same thing, of course, but success is the only statistic that matters here. If it works for you, that’s not absurdly implausible as some would have you believe. An increased risk of prostate cancer is not great, but most medication also has nontrivial risks.
I’m surprised at the suggestion that doctors don’t advise on options.
When I go to the doctor I’ve already researched my ailment and have an interactive conversation regarding treatment. I learned long ago that medications are a crap-shoot of adverse or paradoxical reactions. My doctor has always relayed information given to him by other patients so if any given supplement gets enough of a positive response he’ll pass it on in the form of “this has worked for other people so you might give it a try”.
Are you diagnosed as psycho?
Tylenol is Acetaminophen - which causes liver disease, is NOT as effective as Morphine, which is what I require for any degree of relief (Osteoarthritis).
I do hope you are not involved in the practice of medicine anywhere this page can be read.
Doctors do not make money from prescriptions, unless a particular doctor happens to hold a patent as the inventor or developer of a medicine (in which case the doctor is probably not in private practice). There is no tit-for-tat in writing prescriptions. In fact, according to my cousins who are doctors, now that drug companies advertise on TV, people come in asking for things they saw advertised, and doctors spend several minutes of many appointments explaining why they can’t (or at any rate, shouldn’t) prescribe a certain medication for someone.
In fact, a few years ago, it became illegal for drug companies to give little premiums to doctors, or to take them to lunch. They used to give out trinkets, Post-its with the company logo, pens with the company logo, and cater brunches for entire departments in hospitals. All gone now.