get a second opinion if you are worried. easier said than done though when you add up the waiting time for a doctor plus the fee.

geez i could write alot here....

-being offered valium for neck pain

-being prescribed an antidepressant and told to take it in the morning despite being an evening sedative

et etc etc
Very important to be your own advocate!

I walked into a dentist surgery and got codeine without even giving them my name.

"The red thing's connected to my wrist watch... Uh oh!"

What was the painkiller clem? I wish I'd gone to your doctor when I had my tonsils out. I was in complete agony and all they would give me was panadeine forte.

with scripts like that, clem might be able to pay the doctor, the pharmacist and still turn a profit

OTT.

I had a customer ring to ask for liquid nitrogen once. He said his GP told him my company sold it, and he could use it to remove warts. I find it akin to a surgeon telling someone they cut out skin cancer, and you can get blades at King of Knives.

Ha! Sadly, the Xanax wasn't mine, and I left the painkillers (can't remember the name) at home; they've probably gone into the "OMG PAIN" bag with the stuff Dad brought home post-bypass.

I had a customer ring to ask for liquid nitrogen once. He said his GP told him my company sold it, and he could use it to remove warts.

???

My mum got the opposite... She told a doctor that she had pneumonia, because she'd had it a few months earlier, and they sent her home. She stayed home for a while, getting worse, we finally took her back in and they didn't expect her to wake up if she'd slept through the night.

Nearly the same thing happened to my best friend. The "flu" for a month was actually pneumonia.

Yep, he wanted an ice cream container full so he could pour it on and burn them off. I advised seeing a different GP.

> -being offered valium for neck pain

freaksy, Valium can be quite appropriate for neck pain. It's not just a sedative, but a muscle relaxant as well. Fairly commonplace in my experience.

-being offered valium for neck pain

that may well be valid. commonly prescribed (very short term) for back pain caused by muscle spasm

Happened to my ex when we were first married. the valium relaxed her so much she forgot to take her contraceptive pill. It's how we got our daughter

And panadeine forte is a reasonably strong pain killer. I've heard that codeine can be as addictive as heroin.

before xmas I had a really severe viral eye infection. the first doctor I saw told me, after checking my eye for about 5 seconds, it was just a minor irritation on and would clear up in a couple of days. The next Doctor i saw, three days later sent me straight to the eye hospital and promised me he would ring the first doctor and give him a piece of his mind.

I had four wisdom teeth out at once and all they prescribed was naprogesic, an over the counter period painkiller. the indignity!

i reckon i might win this - i was once given an antibiotic and an antihistamine straight from the "do not take these together" section of mims and ended up in horsepital with chest pains - it causes heart failure! but it's even funnier cause i had glandular fever they're not meant to prescribe penicillin if they even suspect you have it. randwick medical centre - home of the smart guys.

And panadeine forte is a reasonably strong pain killer.

Not when someone has taken a knife to the inside of your throat - didn't even take the edge off the pain.

Mrmusic, it is very addictive, not sure how much so in comparrison to H. I was mildly hooked on the stuff for years, having been recommended above average doses of it for my migraines when I was a teen. The withdrawals when I finally realised my problem where not pleasent to say the least.

pops, the web says that endep's been used to treat chronic migraines. is that what you've got? the same drug can be prescribed for more than one condition sometimes?

im not looking for a cure from youse, just was in shock that some old git handed out anti-depressants at the drop of a hat. i must have been in that room for like 5 mins.

i dont suffer from migraines.

surely it supplied relief not prevention ???

It's used as a preventative measure with migraines rather than a pain killer per se. And some people loose weight on it rather than gain.

i get a really sore neck which runs up to the base of my skull. thats where most the pain is. when its really bad i also get the pounding headache with it. i assume its a posture realated thing ??

when its really bad it even hurts to carry a hand bag. does anyone else here suffer from this ??

okay, i missed the boat. checking google scholar for proper studies, it looks like the drug can help prevent migraines happening as much, and works better for this purpose in people who aren't depressed.

lose, forgive my spelling, I'm currently doped up to the eyeballs on codiene after a bone marrow biopsy.

but you have had a headache for a year.

xpost. i've got a frozen left shoulder which sometimes makes my neck sore and painful to carry things.

more investigation for you i reckon.

that does seem more posture/physio related pops. paging meaty to thread.

maybe its from hockey too. i dont know. ive been concentrating on my posture lots of late. making sure i stretch my neck etc. maybe i will buy a new pillow too.

there also does seem to be evidence that the drug works in relieving chronic tension headaches pops:

http://jama.highwire.org/cgi/content/abstract/285/17/2208

Antidepressants hardly work at all, I imagine if you aren't depressed, it won't act the same way anyway. Like if you aren't in pain, opiates have a different effect.

get your eyes checked too

get a massage and some physio/chiro/kinesiology. and do yoga.

FINALLY found a place for this.
Sean Tari, 40, a general practitioner in the NSW rural city of Dubbo, posted three videos on YouTube last month, showing himself posing as a female prostitute, ordering pizzas without bases and asking a medical centre receptionist for a rectal examination with a Chinese doctor because ''they have smaller fingers''.

Doctor says he sucked nipple to diagnose problem
September 8, 2010 - 6:58AM

A Finnish court will hear a sexual molestation case against a doctor who says he sucked a patient's nipple to diagnose a medical problem in accordance with an old midwives' trick.

Lower courts earlier ruled that the doctor had not committed a crime, but the prosecution and the patient appealed against the judgement to the Finnish Supreme Court.

The 20-year-old woman went to the doctor in 2007 for an ultrasound breast exam and told the doctor some fluid had seeped from the nipple.

After obtaining her permission, he used his mouth to suck her nipple in order to taste the fluid, the doctor testified in court earlier.

....
Dodgy or legit?

Anyone know of any bulk billing docs who are quick to prescribe benzos without asking too many questions?

Wow, reading this thread makes me really happy for the good doctor I have had, although I have had one bad experience: me telling a psychologist that I never want kids, followed by her trying to convince me that they're wonderful and if I fall pregnant to an ex than he will settle down with me and stick around like I wanted.

That was the last time I ever saw that psychologist.

This doesn't answer my question. Anyone know any dodgy doctors?