Question about a doctor ...

[bleedingheart]

I am currently in excruciating pain due to a back problem (disc trouble).

So today I called my doctor and he is prescribing steroids....so I waited about three hours and called the pharmacy and they have no script so I call the doctor's office again.....and they tell me that I should have called the pharmacy and told the pharmacy to call the doctor. Now the doctor hadn't told me I had to do this... he just told me how to taper the meds...nothing about calling the pharmacy.

Now tell me this...why should I call the pharmacy to tell them to call the doctor? In fact I have done this in the past and I have been yelled at by the pharmacy people.

Today I wasn't in the mood for playing this game and the Dr office is going to call after I told them I thought this routine was a joke.

I know this may seem petty but I feel like this is some sort of game.

I feel as if I spend more time ironing out healthcare issues because no one wants to do anything...

meanwhile I am in pain and I just want some relief...I am hoping I don't have to go to the hospital...

[Loonman]

1. Say:

"who's paying who, here?"

[bleedingheart]

3. that's basically what I told the office personnel

[Tempest]

2. You think you're in no mood now

Just wait until you start taking the steroids.

I had to take steroids for a foot injury for a week. By the third day, I was going through 'roid rage.

I'm just glad it was only for a week.

The doctor's office is responsible for calling the prescription in to the pharmacy. Someone in his office dropped the ball.

[bleedingheart]

4. according to the office worker this doctor has a separate

policy that he doesn't have his office call in scripts...I have never heard of anything so goofy.

[Tempest]

7. Sounds like a quack to me

You can't call in the prescriptions, that's illegal.

Unless you hand deliver the prescription to the pharmacy, his office has to call it in.

[bleedingheart]

8. I should clarify..(my current drugs are making me loopy)

his policy is that they don't have to call in to the pharmacy...the pharmacy must call them in order for them to do anything.

So my doctor is making me the middleperson... I talk to the doc...then I am supposed to call the pharmacy and tell them to call the doctor...

so he is adding steps to make this whole process more inefficient.

[izzie]

5. I once heard this story but do not know if it is true

A doctor kept a man waiting so the man billed the doctor for his time in the waiting room. I do not know why that came to my head but it does seem some doctors have time problems.Fine for you to run all over but do not upset the doctor.Did he forget who had the bad back or what?

[bleedingheart]

6. The worst part is that if these steriods don't start to cut the edge off

the pain I have to be admitted to the hospital...so I really wanted to get the script started.

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. And most pharmacies are too busy to call the doctor or they just

plain won't want to. He sounds like a pompous ass and I am sorry you are suffering. :hi: