@dingus
this ongoing conversation with windyshores is quite helpful.
She has some excellent doctors. Many of us haven't tried that, yet. And it alters prespective. I also think that the drug manufacturers play a heavy hand with some physicians. The FDA is playing a part, I think, approving medications prematurely and at our peril.
I would also say that we trust our doctors incorrectly. We should try to understand that they actually don't know. We can read the same reports that they are reading and make as much sense of the reports as they can. For the most part, they are not reading the reports. They are looking at guidlines provided by
It is harder the older we are partially because we (some of us) didn't grow up with the ability to research--the internet. I remember being denied the package insert by a pharmacist and refusing the medication without it. I even had a PDR but wanted the latest version from the manufacturer. Many of us grew up trusting that the doctor would know.
I say trust your physician to give you the best care that they are capable of but recognize that it may not be good enough.