... about some drug you saw on TV (unless it is Bill Maher or Willie Nelson).
Friends, forgive me, it has been ages. But having dealt with many recent health issues, and inspired by the silly health comments in the GOP circus, I offer a light diary with some health advice of my own.
If you watch what's left of MSNBC (Rachel) you are bombarded with typical basic cable ads for a variety of drugs promising long life for you or your sex life. Each comes with a long list of side effects, often including death. These ads invariably end with "ask your doctor about [some barely prono)unceable name]. DON'T, NEVER, FUHGEDDABOUTIT.
Why not ask? Because if you have a competent doctor (mine are all at Stanford) she knows both your condition and all available meds. If you ask, she might indulge you by trying a prescription.
As a member of the target audience as a diabetic triple amputee on dialysis and previous stroke victim, I have NEVER heard my doctor mention any of them. Instead, she recommends only drugs she knows to be effective. (bit more below)
Instead, ask your doc tor "do you know any safe medication for my condition? and what are side effects?
Of course the exception is medical marijuana, the safest drug and my #1 pain reliever. Doctors still often wait to be asked, offering opiates (sometimes necessary) instead.
To many of you this will be obvious, but not to the likes of doctors Carson, Paul or the Trumpster.