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<blockquote data-quote="Kathy813" data-source="post: 700883" data-attributes="member: 1967"><p>Sadly, sister's keeper, I can give you two examples of doctors that knew about the addiction and gave my daughter prescriptions anyway. When my daughter was 17-years-old, I went with her to see a p-doctor and he was given a full history of her alcohol and drug abuse history. When she went to see him the next time without me, he gave her "samples" of ambien which she took on the way home and hit something which to this day she can't remember. She scraped the entire side of the car against something (we think it might have been a guardrail).</p><p></p><p>When I called him irate the next day, he was shocked to hear she had taken them and then driven home. He is listed as an addiction specialist.</p><p></p><p>The other example I can give you is when my daughter was in Florida after her first three month stay in rehab. She was in a half-way house and the director recommended that she go see the doctor he used. The doctor was also in recovery. So what he did describe my daughter? Xanax. He knew full well that she had a history of benzo and alcohol abuse but decided she still needed it for anxiety.</p><p></p><p>So, I agree with you that in many cases doctors are misled or aren't told the patient history but there are others that don't care.</p><p></p><p>Ultimately it is up to the addict to quit but it isn't made any easier when there are doctors like the ones I described. When I went to our NAMI classes several years later I mentioned the doctor who had given my daughter the Ambien and the first words out of the mouth of the person that was teaching the class was "Oh he is a known pill pusher. We don't recommend him at all."</p><p></p><p>~Kathy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathy813, post: 700883, member: 1967"] Sadly, sister's keeper, I can give you two examples of doctors that knew about the addiction and gave my daughter prescriptions anyway. When my daughter was 17-years-old, I went with her to see a p-doctor and he was given a full history of her alcohol and drug abuse history. When she went to see him the next time without me, he gave her "samples" of ambien which she took on the way home and hit something which to this day she can't remember. She scraped the entire side of the car against something (we think it might have been a guardrail). When I called him irate the next day, he was shocked to hear she had taken them and then driven home. He is listed as an addiction specialist. The other example I can give you is when my daughter was in Florida after her first three month stay in rehab. She was in a half-way house and the director recommended that she go see the doctor he used. The doctor was also in recovery. So what he did describe my daughter? Xanax. He knew full well that she had a history of benzo and alcohol abuse but decided she still needed it for anxiety. So, I agree with you that in many cases doctors are misled or aren't told the patient history but there are others that don't care. Ultimately it is up to the addict to quit but it isn't made any easier when there are doctors like the ones I described. When I went to our NAMI classes several years later I mentioned the doctor who had given my daughter the Ambien and the first words out of the mouth of the person that was teaching the class was "Oh he is a known pill pusher. We don't recommend him at all." ~Kathy [/QUOTE]
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