I guess idiots just wanna be heard…

Screw this guy and others that think like him. We are doing our jobs. If doctors prescribe drugs with potentially lethal drug-drug interactions ordon’t call in a warfarin refill until 3 weeks after we request it, they better be damn glad that we do our job. We’re not trying to be annoying when we call a doctor’s office, we are trying to look after the best interests of our patients.

Doctors, they’re your patients, too.

Rather than arguing between the professions it would be so much better if we could get along and truly act like a healthcare “team,” all working on behalf of the patient. But if doctors with huge egos won’t even let us question their illegible prescriptions, what chance do we have recommending cheaper/better therapeutic alternatives, avoiding drug interactions or allergic reactions?

The Doctor (of medicine) tipped his hand when
he stated that he had an MD degree and it was his DEA license at stake. Possibly he values his license to prescribe CII-IV’s higher than his license to practice medicine, since you can be a practicing physician without prescribing drugs with abuse potential.

And the MD is only one of many doctorates.
I believe it was the U. of Miami that had a
cram course for MD’s if you had a PhD in
any scientific discipline. 18 months more
and they gave you an MD.

Maybe they should revive it for PharmD’s.
Two of the most knowledgeable doctors I’ve worked with had 4 year pharmacy degrees in lieu of premed.

I realize that my post may be unclear there. I hold that MDs, DOs and PharmDs (and any other degree without a dissertation) aren’t actually doctoral degrees in the purest sense of the word. Remember, the word doctor doesn’t not alway mean someone that is providing healthcare. A biology teacher with a PhD has a true doctorate because a thesis was researched/worked on for 4 years and defended against a committee. My doctorate didn’t require that - it counted my coursework and my experiential hours as a “thesis”-like activity and there you have it…same goes for MDs and DOs.

It’s really just a technicality I’m bringing up in the post and here — but I wanted to say it none the less…to be a dick.

First of all… Very well said! Secondly, I think TV Elway MD is a fucktard! I think you should tell us which state he is from so that we can look up his license info and see how many disciplinary actions he’s had against him…. Assuming that he’s a real MD, which I doubt. The only semi-convincing piece of evidence in his favor is the ‘holier than thou’ attitude. It’s just too bad that he can’t spell, understand grammar, or formulate an articulate argument.

Just a follow up . I name searched this asshole in all 50 states ( yes, I work overnight and I’m bored tonight). There is no record of him as a prescribing physician in our system. He’s either full of shit or his psychiatrist needs to review his meds.

I did some extensive searching for the name in his home state (which I will relent on publishing). I also searched his email address versus google to see if he’s used it elsewhere. No hits anywhere. I’m assuming it was a drunkard pharmacy tech, intern, or even a med student pretending to be a doctor to stir the pot.

(me stirring the pot) … At least give us his IP address! :) we want to have some fun too! Or, you could provide his email address so that we can let him know how we feel about him. Since I know you won’t, might I suggest that you throw his email address on every public chat site you can think of?! Don’t forget to sign him up for all sorts of contests and freebies! Chatbots and webbots would just love a new address to spam! }:-{>

I think that it’s obvious when a “fake” doctor comes on board and comments on your site or others. It’s almost funny that you and TAP took it so seriously. Obviously, this person is a fake—probably a customer who couldn’t get his vicodin filled 3 weeks early. Don’t you think?

It was my first doctor hate mail — I got a huge chubby when I saw it cause I’ve been dying to rip one apart for being upity…:-)

for all you uninforned assholes,first notice this is not in caps!!my parnter and best friends wife is a pharmacist at a major grocery store ad she will admit it is the easiest job and when i read last week i was actually published i got a dictionalry and learned how to spell vicoden and even lortab which is hydrocodone which in the 33 years i have been practicing i have never prescribed the frug and refuse to,when i do surgery they get ultram and or darvocett. then i can count on a pharmacist callinf and asking if i realized i gave 2 pain meds an always when i give anti biotics its for 7-10 days and then a 25 year old dr. want to be pharmacist will call and ask why 10 days the book says no more than a week. we also have a system for fraud which we rarely get taken and i do press charges, ill write 38 in 2008 and 39 in 2009 never with refills and pharmacys know if it is mine, we get a few “losts” scripts but we handle individually and if its stolen we need a police report to take to pharmacy and i still get calls. all replacements must have notorised letter to be replaced and controlled drugs are only replaced once. on major surgeries i might prescribe 18 oxycontin,6 times in 2007 all over 65 years old. i explain all medications as well as side effects and how the medications react with any other current meds.then the nurse brings in the rx and goes over questions,so by the time they see the pharmacist all needed is count the pills and run through insurance unless patient has questions and in our area its the tech the pharmacist doesnt have time.most pharmacists earn thier money and do have responsiblity its the young ones that i have to pay for 2 extra phone lines and they still want to tell me how to prescribe.we do recommend mail order to low income if it is long term usage on our internal medicine practice as long as they keep thier appointments or we give them samples but i keep no controlled. in 33 years i have had 4 malpractice cases, 3 dismissed and the 1982 casse was settled out of court in 1988 for a medicaid person who had no injuries just wanted to never work again,so my dea number is last of my concerns. so the assholes who say i have no degrees and speak 6 languages, does that mean i am smarter or above you i think not, i make mistakes like should have retired in 1996 when i was making 450k instead of 6 day work weeks 10-12 hour days for 125k, but i would do it for free. anyone want to put up something about my credentilals? I COULD BE A LYING DRUGGY WANTING ATTENTION. sorry i got carried away with the caps. glad i could raise your rating for your website, i thought it was a joke. maybe ill send a couple movie clips youve probably seen me before even though i am not a house hold name but bottom line the world needs to hear all sides before making a judgement. im not a dr. because i dont proof read and use large and small letters, i can live with it. t. elway,md facs
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