Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Who needs specifics?

Reading another doctor's notes this morning, and I found this gem:

"Impression: High blood pressure. Verapamil isn't helping. I told her to stop it and take something else."
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14 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 9:09 AM

    2 shots of Tequila with a Corona chaser should do it...

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  2. EdRPhMarch 16, 2010 at 9:59 AM

    Probably wrote the prescription that way too....

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  3. AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 10:05 AM

    Totally off subject, my
    2010 Census arrived yesterday. I as sure glad our goverment warned me about the big project!

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  4. CMarch 16, 2010 at 10:12 AM

    What a useless bit of information that is.

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  5. ChristineMarch 16, 2010 at 10:18 AM

    Sounds like he could use a neurologist- can't remember any other BP meds! Or could then, but now can't remember which one he told her to take. Either way, sounds like he could use your help.

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  6. Grumpy, M.D.March 16, 2010 at 10:20 AM

    Maybe he just told the patient to pick one, and gave her a blank script pad.

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  7. Cthulhu SashimiMarch 16, 2010 at 10:25 AM

    Maybe he's gotten tired of competing with Dr. Google, and he's throwing in the towel.

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  8. flaviusMarch 16, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    Well, it's obvious what the doctor picked didn't work, so he/she was smart enough to make the patient more proactive in their healthcare.

    -Flavius

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  9. AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 11:37 AM

    Maybe he/she is warning that verapamil might not work for cluster headaches, and also in a roundabout way warning that this was one of those DTC fiends? Or, maybe he/she had pulled up a list of hypertension medications and started at the end of the alphabet, or looked up WebMD and started from the bottom of the list, instead of the usual order of: ACE-I, diuretics, beta-blockers, calcium channel blockers? Or?

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  10. terri cMarch 16, 2010 at 11:43 AM

    Maybe she's now on medical marijuana--still has high BP but doesn't care. Come to think of it, maybe the doc is using that!

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  11. AnonymousMarch 16, 2010 at 3:02 PM

    And that something else would be...? Oh the possibilities. :P

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  12. student dr. blazeMarch 16, 2010 at 11:07 PM

    Uh, yeah... I guess she has to go to Wallyworld & find some of those "water pills." I hope he at least warned her about her wardrobe, lest she end up on the website....

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  13. AmbulanceGirlMarch 17, 2010 at 12:49 AM

    It's pharmacist's choice! I bet lots of pharmacists would rather all docs did it that way.

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  14. AnonymousMarch 17, 2010 at 6:12 AM

    Hope he knows no beta blockers if she has asthma!

    UGH!

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So wadda you think?