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

Family members can be sketchy, depending.

Himself? Bad juju.

Source: MD buddy I just texted at University Hospital.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

An OBGYN treating a family member would just be weird.

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.

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.

adderall and xanax...fun stuff.

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

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

truer words...

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

Lulz

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.

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

have you learned nothing the past 10-15 years?

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

Jesus. 5th Amendment bro!

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?