Can doctors write themselves refills?

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blackroses said:
Because I'm lucky if my combined appointment and waiting time take only an hour. Because where I live, PCPs are booked out 3 weeks. Because the last time I went in for a tweaked muscle in my back hoping for a shot of toradol, I walked out with orders for X-rays and an MRI, 6 months of physical therapy, a referral to a pain management specialist, and notes on my chart that ended up giving my insurance a reason to refuse to pay for a surgery that 3 other doctors had agreed that I needed. (I eventually got the toradol, and was right as rain in 3 days).

I'll stick with the KISS rule.
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For real. I am not one to throw my doc status around for special treatment so i wait with everyone else.
 
Instatewaiter said:
That's pretty rare in a cat...

I have written myself antibiotics in the past... most of the time though I get one of my friends to call something in.
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Actually, DM in cats is super common, FYI.

Also, as a side note. PLEASE do not call in scripts for your animals or medicate them without speaking to a veterinarian. You will kill them accidentally.
 
Psai said:
wtf diabetic treatment for cats? just pick up a new one. u gonna start feeding it invokana or something? lol
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I hope you're joking. Or don't have pets 😉 Or else I'd be out of business pretty quick...
 
Lol...the quote about being foolish is really stolen from the "He who represents himself has a fool for a client," which is totes in reference to attorneys and not doctors. Source: Attorney parents. Being able to objectively represent yourself in court is quite different from being able to tell that you need a BC refill for instance...

I think it's mostly frowned upon because of the ethics...not because doctors are too dumb to realise what they're doing.

It's not like you're writing a prescription for Ibrance for your HER-2 negative breast cancer...which would be weird...because why aren't you seeing an oncologist?

*two cents*
 
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