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Originally Posted by KC911
I heard some doc mention this aspect. Not a direct kickback...nothing along those lines at all. He was just referring to the time factor....easier to write a script and on to the next patient, rather than spend a more time consuming approach pursuing alternatives.
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I have to be about two weeks into suffering before I'll start to think I have a sinus infection and need antibiotics. And even that only happens once every few years. But a few times the doc has told me he thinks it's not a sinus infection and I just need to ride it out a little longer. They offer to write me a script, but ask me to hold off on filling it unless I just can't stand it any longer. Twice they've been right and it's gone away on its own. But for regular scripts like bp, cholesterol, etc., once your blood work says you need them and then shows improvement after getting them and with no side effects, I don't know that a lot of discussion and follow up is necessary. So for that stuff they just give me all the renewals I ask for, knowing I'll still come in for blood work a few times a year and an office visit to discuss at least once a year.