Med professionals: ? On ethics

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:13 am

PA husband prescribing medicine for wife, kids, and self?

Testiclaw · Post by **Testiclaw** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:17 am

Family members can be sketchy, depending.

Himself? Bad juju.

Source: MD buddy I just texted at University Hospital.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:23 am

Yeah...some sketchy shit going on...was reading up on how it's highly suggested not to prescribe shit for your family

Blaidd Drwg · Post by **Blaidd Drwg** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 4:37 am

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:Yeah...some sketchy shit going on...was reading up on how it's highly suggested not to prescribe shit for your family

I have a buddy who is a GP in a scandanavian country. He prescribes his mother arimidex and then uses it himself when he's on cycle.

Seems totally legit to me

Schlegel · Post by **Schlegel** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 5:24 am

Oh, yeah. Family is iffy, self is a big no no.

syaigh · Post by **syaigh** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:01 pm

My husband wont even prescribe us antibiotics. DEA has really cracked down.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:21 pm

Meh. I'm at the point where I want to say something to them about it, but it'll probably make me a pariah.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:22 pm

I have two physician neighbors, and ER guy and an OBGYN, neither will prescribe or treat family unless it's an emergency.

climber511 · Post by **climber511** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:35 pm

I imagine it makes a difference what medication it is - some things I would think throw up bigger red flags than others. Probably not a good idea overall though.

Bud Charniga's grape ape · Mon Feb 08, 2016 9:38 pm

I'm a lawyer not a doctor; representing yourself may get you some "fool for a client" jokes but is basically nbd.

Representing family, though, is firmly in That's A Terrible Idea wtf Are You Thinking territory

Dunn · Post by **Dunn** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 10:39 pm

Z-pak, meh. But that is so simple to get that it's pointless to do so. Anything else, screw that.

Beer Jew · Post by **Beer Jew** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:02 pm

An OBGYN treating a family member would just be weird.

Testiclaw · Post by **Testiclaw** » Mon Feb 08, 2016 11:15 pm

Dunn wrote:Z-pak, meh. But that is so simple to get that it's pointless to do so. Anything else, screw that.

Oh, God, the squirts on the Zpak were mindblowing.

judobrian · Post by **judobrian** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 2:46 am

Most medical boards allow for "time limited illness" - prescribing a course of antibiotics, or anti-puke meds. But long term meds should be handled by an objective 3rd party. Controlled substances - no frickin' way.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 3:24 am

adderall and xanax...fun stuff.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 4:38 am

It's probably a good thing I don't have a medical license.

Bud Charniga's grape ape · Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:11 am

TerryB wrote:It's probably a good thing I don't have a medical license.

truer words...

buckethead · Post by **buckethead** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 5:23 am

SAR prescribed me some meds right here over IGx.

But I then had a short jewish erection for 4 hours, so I had to stop

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Tue Feb 09, 2016 10:49 pm

judobrian · Post by **judobrian** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 1:36 am

Shafpocalypse Now wrote:adderall and xanax...fun stuff.

No med board in the country will see that as legitimate. First time offenders will usually get a reprimand, possibly a fine, and may have to take a CME course on ethics. Unless, of course, there is evidence that the prescription for Uncle Bobby is actually being diverted over to the prescriber, in which case the stakes increase exponentially.

Unlike Medicare, there is no whistle-blower bounty on catching violators. Be guided by your conscience - knowing that in the best case scenario, addictive medications are being prescribed to someone by a doc who lacks objectivity on when to cut them back / cut them off.

Shafpocalypse Now · Post by **Shafpocalypse Now** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:30 am

This has only become apparent recently. I am not planning on ratting them out, only thinking about how to let them know they are on a shitty path

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:46 am

have you learned nothing the past 10-15 years?

Sangoma · Post by **Sangoma** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 3:32 am

I anaesthetised my wife several times. One of those was spinal block for the caesaerean for our second daughter.

TerryB · Post by **TerryB** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:03 pm

Jesus. 5th Amendment bro!

WildGorillaMan · Post by **WildGorillaMan** » Wed Feb 10, 2016 2:55 pm

Sangoma wrote:I anaesthetised my wife several times. One of those was spinal block for the caesaerean for our second daughter.

And you were worried about me being imprisoned for posting a couple of facts about PEDs?

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