I don't quite remember what I said to the nurse at the office visit, but
the doctor was cautious when he opened the door.
I do this instead of getting antibiotics (though I take it like an antibiotic for 10 days or so) because many
doctors are cautious about prescribing antibiotics.
Not exact matches
She quickly squashed my fears and said I had nothing to worry about; She
was sure the ER
doctors were just
being cautious.
I
'm generally very
cautious in second guessing an expert in their field (especially when I have such limited information) but I
'm not also going to take the nonproductive tact of «Oh I guess you know more than the
doctors?».
Another myth that needs challenging, too many
doctors take the
cautious road and tell women not to breastfeed with medication when it
's not necessary.
Some
doctors are overly
cautious, so you might also want to check with a lactation consultant for up - to - date information on the safety or risk of a certain medication and whether it
's found in breast milk.
It definitely exists, I had to go to L&D at midnight (for what turned out to
be nothing, by the way, but I
'm glad to have overly
cautious doctors!)
Some
doctors may
be overly
cautious in saying that it
's necessary to pump and dump, so check with a certified lactation consultant who may have more information regarding that particular medication
's effects on your breast milk and the baby.
There
is nothing unreasonable about that choice or unreasonable about
doctors responding to this preference by
being cautious.
The problem
is that most
doctors and pharmacists only look at the risk of the medication to the baby, and end up
being overly
cautious.
And although this might seem unnecessarily
cautious, it
's wise to check with your state medical board to find out whether any
doctor you
're interested in has
been disciplined for wrongdoing.
Doctors are generally
cautious about prescribing antibiotics because more and more bacteria
are becoming resistant to them.
In the first concrete sign that local
doctors are becoming more
cautious about prescribing highly addictive opioid pain killers, hydrocodone has
been replaced this year by ibuprofen as the most - prescribed medication for Erie County residents on Medicaid.
Though the risk of developing cancer
is small,
doctors should
be cautious about prescribing the treatment, researchers wrote in 2016 in Pediatrics.
Losing the right way Even
doctors who prescribe off - label
are cautious about setting up unrealistic expectations.
Doctors are much more
cautious about prescribing HRT for any use and some advise strongly against it.
Nursing moms should also
be cautious with echinacea and children should not use echinacea without a
doctors care.
Gary Kennedy, MD, the director of geriatric psychiatry at Montefiore Medical Center, in New York City, says that while the new study will «make people more appropriately
cautious,» it isn't likely to change
doctors» prescribing practices.
As a medical
doctor and hard - science junkie, I
'm cautious about creating those It
's so easy!
I go to Advanced Cryo NYC — I love this center because it
is run by two
doctors and they
are very
cautious to follow protocol - there
is always an attendant in the room with me.
As I mention in that article,
be cautious about antibiotic use and always question your
doctor about whether antibiotics
are absolutely necessary (in most cases, they
are not).
And as
doctors become more
cautious before prescribing opiate - based drugs to prevent abuse, addicts
are looking to other sources including drugs meant for animals.
He didn't allow me to speak much, but I did get in my favorite argument about scientists needing 95 % certainty to make claim and thus
being overly
cautious (they need to avoid false positives in order to protect their reputations — which
is understandable), while those living in the world (environmentalists, potential victims) would want to follow the «medical model» of avoiding false negatives, and would
be concerned about possible problems at a much lower standard of certainty (a
doctor would not tell her patient that there
is only 94 % certainty the lump
is cancerous, so we won't operate).
A new study from the Helsinku Children's Hospital recommends that
doctors be more
cautious when prescribing anti-depressants to pregnant women.