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#730793 - 07/18/08 07:07 PM
would you be upset with a doctor for this?
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pidge0605
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Registered: 04/20/03
Posts: 369
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Today I had a follow up appointment with a doctor after having a complete physical a few weeks ago
(blood test, urine test, etc)
He was reading off the results of the tests, and he says
"negative for all street drugs" (he than rattled off the list of drugs)
I said what??? You didn't tell me you were testing for street drugs
(I'm a 47 yr old woman who takes care of a very sick husband, I in no way look like a drug addict)
The doctor than says, what's the big deal, you tested negative
the big deal, is that I was not told you were going to do a drug test, the papers I signed were just for a normal work up (no where on the copy of the paper I signed, does it say it was a drug test)
I lost all trust in this doctor now, and he doesn't understand my point, I told him I would agree to even one of those hair tests, but I want to be asked before the test is given, I feel it's my right as a patient, to know exactly what the doctor is doing, and what tests are being done on me
Am I over reacting? If I am signing a paper giving the doctor the ok to do the tests, shouldn't all the tests that are being done, be on that paper?
thanks!
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#730891 - 07/18/08 10:36 PM
Re: would you be upset with a doctor for this?
[Re: ponytail]
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pidge0605
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Registered: 04/20/03
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That's exactly what I thought! I wasn't sick or anything, just a regular check up....and believe me, I am a normal looking person
(On the VIP side of this board, my picture is posted along with my id, which is pidge0605, and you can see, I am just a normal looking person!)
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#731052 - 07/19/08 09:30 AM
Re: would you be upset with a doctor for this?
[Re: barelythere]
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TheMoodyBlue
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I think your moral outrage is ridiculous. Your doctor treats the entire person, and part of any good doctor patient relationship is being open about what meds, including street drugs, you might use. He's not making a judgment; he needs the entire picture to properly treat you, his patient. Get over yourself and be thankful you've got a doctor who is concerned enough to realize that patients don't always tell the truth when it comes to self-medicating.
Unizee, you are completely wrong about this one in what you said above. This is actually a big problem. The issue is one of informed consent. Despite all of their legalese and documents that they say you sign and agree to let them pretty much do what ever they want, ethically (and legally for MD's) informed consent is not an option - it is REQUIRED - before tests are run, procedures are conducted or treatments are given. What this doctor did is unfathomable, unless pidge0605 had a chronic pain contract in which pidge0605 agreed to random testing, or another type document giving prior informed consent for this type of thing. Otherwise it is outside the normal and customary practice of medicine. Period. It is unethical at best, much more at worst.
Pidge0605, I would talk directly to him and do so in terms of informed consent, and tell him the reason you are upset is that you think that you never gave any consent for any drug testing. In my view, this is very troubling, although I'm sure that DEA would love the idea and is probably trying to figure out a way to require this so that they can practice some more medicine without a license.
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#731211 - 07/19/08 02:28 PM
Re: would you be upset with a doctor for this?
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unizee
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Registered: 03/01/08
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Right, because patients are always so honest about recreational drug use. 
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