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Unethical practice on the part of medical professionals.

DoctorDidi @DoctorDidi (7018) • India 12 Feb 11

Medicines can cure, but they can also kill. This can happen if the dosage is wrong, the doctor’s diagnosis is incorrect, or if there is severe adverse reaction of the drug used. No one knows this better than a physician. Yet,...

medical professionals

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Did you know that some doctor's prescribe antibiotics for no reason?

nishdan01 @nishdan01 (3050) • Singapore 31 Jan 08

It just happened yeasterday. I went to a doctor with my son with cold and slight body tmperature. The doctor during consultation said that there was an ear infection and prescribed an antibiotic. I asked if there is any way to...

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MOney..........Do you feel important?

sundarram @sundarram (48) • Hong Kong 26 Jan 07

The day my mother was taken to the hospital for the treatment. She was suffering from Asthama. I felt the importance of the money when I had to bye a huge amount of medicine prescribed for her. I felt that If i had been the...

Too many prescribed drugs????

nw1911guy @nw1911guy (1131) • United States 19 Jan 07

Does anyone else believe there are too many drugs being prescribed by doctors? Do you think they are just treating the symptoms rather than the cause of the ailment?

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In the mood for cute Nun humor?

Willowlady @Willowlady (10657) • United States 18 Jan 07

I have a soft spot in my heart for Nuns. Met a couple of them coming out of the Doctor's office as I took my daughter in and they blessed her. Seems to have been a good thing in her life. So many good things have gone my...

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Have you seen doctors using 'Rx' while prescribing medicines?

alienstar @alienstar (5144) • India 15 Dec 06

When we are not feeling well, we got to doctors to get treated and the doctors, after examining us, will prescribe medicine as we all know...isn't it? but, Have you seen doctors using 'Rx' while prescribing medicines?...why is...

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GETTING CRAZY!...MAY BE U CAN PRESCRIBE?

billionaire @billionaire (154) • India 8 Dec 06

Devoting 6 hours a day,posting many discussions in mylot,responding new discussions and i landed with just 0.71$.Thnkfully i got 0.03$ by the mercy of Mylot for photos...So,where i m standing at loss or nothing? Also, there has...

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Never prescribe medicines reading health books .....!

alienstar @alienstar (5144) • India 2 Dec 06

Suppose, you are not a doctor and if you have a habbit of reading health magazines, medical journals etc and if somebody is seriously ill, do you feel like prescribing medicines from the knowledge you got from reading all these...

health magazines

medical journals

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Safe or Not?

Smclin1 @Smclin1 (324) • United States 29 Nov 06

My doctor prescribed this for the swelling in my knees, but I am scared to take it. Seeing all the ads on t.v. about stroke, heart atack, death ect.. My nanny takes hers and my dad too, they not worried.

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Drugs

blossomingflower @blossomingflower (636) • India 25 Nov 06

Doctor prescribes medicine for patients. These medicines are known as drugs too. Why do people addict to these drugs? Do you think, we should change the name of the prescribed medicine as medicine only and not drugs. The name...

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What is lithium used for?

helpful_ideas @helpful_ideas (1620) • United States 17 Nov 06

I've heard that in the old days it was given to cocky women or ones that just got too emotional. I know that modern medicine no longer drugs women up just for being hormonal, so what is it used for in the modern day? I've seen...

modern medicine

womens medicine

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