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There is literally only a **single** state in the USA where you still control autonomy over your own medical records (prescription drug list) and that is MO!
That means if you are in any other state and ever had a prescription doctors can find out what it was and who prescribed it. That means doctors can find your past doctors without your approval.
The scary part? You also have no control over your medical records. So your PCP can now legally look this up and contact all your past doctors for medical records and you cant do anything about it, you cant legally stop them, you cant purge your records, you cant purge your prescription list.
This is very scary for anyone who has been abused at the hand of a past doctor and moves.. If they have put any negative information about you that might make future doctors hostile towards you or not want you as a patient... there is nothing you can do... that is so scary...
@freemo It also means that if an ambulance finds you unresponsive on the side of the road, they can find out which medicines you're prescribed that could have caused your condition, and which you're allergic to that would put you in further danger.
@freemo And it presumably also greatly helps doctors prevent drug abuse by patients that "shop around" for a prescription.
@LouisIngenthron Which is NOT the place of a doctor... hell he shouldnt even have the right to tell you what you can put in your own body.. bodily autonomy is a sacred right.
@freemo True, but these people aren't always shopping these prescriptions for personal use.
@LouisIngenthron Thats not a problem your doctor should be trying to solve.
@freemo Sure it is. They, as a profession, are responsible for making sure the drugs get to the people who actually need them, not seedy douchebags who want to make a quick buck. That's presumably *why* only they can write prescriptions in the first place.
@LouisIngenthron NO.. their job isnt to be police and figure out if your lying or not to deal drugs... their job is to beleive you, and help you, they work for you.. they are there to do whatever tests or ask any questions to diagnose and then use the evidence they have (not speculation) to decide how its treated... If someone is lying and drug dealing thats for police not doctors..
The idea that you think a doctor should be adversarial and suspicious and try to figure out if your honest or not, even if that may be wrong get in the way of treatment and ultimately kill you is... well.. an astonishing perspective (though a common one).
I take it you have never actually been at the mercy of a doctor and abused by the sound of it.
@LouisIngenthron And the reason why only they can write prescriptions is to make sure your disease is diagnosed by someone accurately and safely... not to investigate if your lying about your symptoms.
