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What Your Health Care Provider Doesn't Always Tell You
By Nikki and Anne Heart ♥ August 15, 2024
*Although we wrote this post together, we have chosen to present the following through Mom’s eyes.
Does your health care provider always give you all the information?
Hopefully, they do for you. But in my experience, I have found many times all the information hasn’t been given.
In fact, numerous times I have found important information was never brought up nor discussed with me unless I questioned it.
Did you receive all the information you needed at your appointment?
Recently, my husband was prescribed Prednisone.
Personally, knowing how easily Prednisone is prescribed for numerous ailments and awareness to the possible negative effects from the drug, I decided to do some research into the facts regarding Prednisone.
Fortunately, I did, since my husband wasn’t completely informed by his health care provider.
He was never told to stay on a low sodium diet nor was diet ever discussed.
This is a concerning fact, because my husband has a history of high blood pressure and is currently on medication.
Other precautions while taken Prednisone were also never discussed, such as taking vitamins and supplements, having surgery including dental and being more susceptible to infections.
Again, information that is very relevant to my husband’s overall treatment plan.
Also noted in my research was a person on Prednisone should carry a card in case of any medical emergencies.
Once again, very important information to know. Especially if a person cannot medically advocate for themselves.
Is there a need to question your health care provider?
I firmly believe that you should question your health care provider especially when they are prescribing medication.
Unfortunately, you don’t always have the time during your appointment.
Your treatment information is normally given quickly, so you may have little time to comprehend everything.
What can you do?
- After you leave your appointment with a treatment plan, do some research.
- Determine if this is the treatment plan for you.
- Research any prescription medication you have been prescribed. Several very good sites exist such as Medlineplus.gov and the National Institute of Heath that can provide information regarding medications, etc.
- Make sure you are being given the appropriate tests, such as blood tests, etc.
- Follow up with your health care provider for test results. The norm was that if you didn’t get a call from the health care provider after the test was taken, most likely the test results were negative. This, unfortunately, many times is no longer the case.
- Question that you have all the instructions needed, including dietary concerns, medication interactions, proper dosage for you.
Three Tips to Help You
- Acknowledge, drug interactions for multiple drugs may not be known
- Awareness to how your treatment plan is working for you
- Recognize everyone is different
“We cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.”
– Albert Einstein –
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Note: All information in “Nikki’s Story” are based on detail journals covering seven years of Nikki’s life on prescription drugs.
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