Darren Wilson's Side of the Story

[merrylander]

Originally Posted by Ike Bana

If psychotropics are vastly over prescribed its not due to the practices of board certified psychiatrists. It's due to the behavior of family practice docs who are afraid to say no to their drug seeking patients for fear of losing income in their practices. Particularly in the case of the bags fulla benzodiazipines they mindlessly prescribe to the addict and alcoholic patients they have failed to identify.

Now...regarding your very special psychiatrist friend (I'm sure all your friends are so extra-special) in my considerable experience the higher a doc goes in the ranks the way way less he/she is connected to the realities of mental health treatment.

And of course heath care in this country is fucked up, its run by the insurance industry and lawyers.

You know I have often wondered that we ban advertising of spirits in magazines and on TV but every magazine that come into this house has one page devoted to the latest 'wonder drug' followed by four pages of the horrible side effects.

And the ones on TV where they say 'tell your doctor what drugs you are taking' excuse me if I am taking any it is because he prescribed them.

I am all for banning drug advertising and with some doctors I would suggest they tell the druggist what you need and let him/her select the drug as they are usually more up to date.