Reply #86: He's right. [View All]

[knitter4democracy]

Americans always want a pill to make it all better. Much of the time, though, it doesn't. Doctors are pressured to give the prescription, so they often do, hoping it will help somehow. It doesn't always.

My hubby's an internist, and I live with chronic pain from endometriosis. We've tried a few of the medications out there, and I've had bad reactions to all of them except ibuprofen. Hubby feels awful that he can't think of anything other than surgery anymore, and we're going to see a specialist this week about that.

In other words, it's not that the doctors always want to push the pills--it's that they really want to help and hope the pill works. That, and patients often don't want to hear that they don't need a pill. My hubby's had a ton of heart disease patients, and not one wanted to hear about diet and exercise and lifestyle changes. They all wanted the expensive pill. Trust me, it really bugs him.