Doctor visits for prescription refills (specialist, medication, prescribe, problem)
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Once a year, no more than that and sometimes not even that! When my Rx runs out the pharmacy calls the Dr's office and they authorize a new Rx. These are maintenance meds I've been on for different issues and don't need to be monitored via blood tests or anything. I do try to get to the Dr every year or two for all the tests they want to run on people these days.
I get the impression that some of you folks never get a hands on physical exam. That might just pick up a condition you do not know you have before it becomes serious.
I get the impression that some of you folks never get a hands on physical exam. That might just pick up a condition you do not know you have before it becomes serious.
Personally I think this is where a good doc comes into play. They know their patient and what (/when) to do a physical exam. For the longest time many docs did this routinely and on autopilot believing it to be a check on the list of things they needed to do to bill your insurance for the visit.
Personally I think this is where a good doc comes into play. They know their patient and what (/when) to do a physical exam. For the longest time many docs did this routinely and on autopilot believing it to be a check on the list of things they needed to do to bill your insurance for the visit.
I don't see why you think that article demonstrates the de-emphasis of physicals.
My Aetna health insurance sends a nurse practitioner to my home once a year now to do a general health checkup that includes a basic general physical...and that is outside what my regular Banner doctor does. And she takes stock at each appointment whether I'm due to general tests.
I don't see why you think that article demonstrates the de-emphasis of physicals.
My Aetna health insurance sends a nurse practitioner to my home once a year now to do a general health checkup that includes a basic general physical...and that is outside what my regular Banner doctor does. And she takes stock at each appointment whether I'm due to general tests.
Leading doctors and medical groups have called the annual physical exam "not necessary" in generally healthy people. Exercising, keeping a healthy weight, and not smoking are enough to keep most of us in good health, with or without an annual exam
Leading doctors and medical groups have called the annual physical exam "not necessary" in generally healthy people. Exercising, keeping a healthy weight, and not smoking are enough to keep most of us in good health, with or without an annual exam
Okay...thanks for the update.
Of course, the question begs -- who is "generally healthy"?
I think part of the reason that many recommend annual physicals is that some people don't go to the doctor when they really should, and pretty soon little problems become big problems.
I know this is an old post but generic Ambien comes in a 5 mg tab.
Yup that's what I started on - the brand at 5mg. By the time I got to the generic, I had already been bumped up by my doctor to 10mg. They changed the recommendation for women after that, but by then it was too late. Doesn't matter though, trying to take 3/4 of a 10mg tab doesn't always work for me, and the full 10mg tab does (except when I'm ESPECIALLY stressed like the night before a surgery, or the day I found out my mom was diagnosed with dementia, for example).
I'm fine taking 10mg, I don't mind it, I have no side effects, and I have no objection if my PCP wants me to have another sleep specialist give me that 100-question questionnaire. Because I have ADD, I'm not a candidate for an overnight sleep study; having those wires attached to me would prevent me from falling asleep, and that defeats the purpose of the study.
Every three months sounds like a money grab, but I'm going on very basic facts you presented. It's pretty typical to have to have one in person meeting per year.
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