Caveat Emptor
The response to my email copied below: I guess we're not a good fit for each other. in a note read to me by the receptionist.
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Last week I took my child, _________for a med prescription for treatment for her ADHD. I told the nurse practitioner there I wanted to:
1. get my child off the extended release products as I believed they were problematic for both appetite and sleep
2. reduce the dosage of medication my child takes, by giving more flexibility in that she could take 1 or 2 pills a day, his biological mother showed strong tendencies towards addiction, specifically meth addiction.
After the nurse practitioner got off the phone with your M.D. handler, I was told
1. We should increase the dosage of an ER product AND
2. Add an antihistamine product to help stimulate his appetite.
Pretty much the polar opposite of what I asked for and from over 6 years of dealing with this with my child I have a pretty good idea of what works and what doesn't. Where's the patient and parent in this care equation? I complained to the nurse practitioner, but she basically said there wasn't much she could do, she could "ask the doctor." I gave up because the situation seemed absurd and we had already been waiting a good deal of time there. What kind of care is this, where I talk to a provider and then they get overridden by an MD on a phone? A person who seems pretty eager to provide a bunch of medication I don't want for my child. It's insulting to me and to the nurse practitioner and not healthy for my child.
So, the presciption cost $125 with insurance, but that's not really when it got bad. With the antihistamine, my child is a zombie. With the ER extra milligrams, he hasn't had a proper meal in the last two days. The meantime, he's grouchy and irritable beyond belief because he hasn't eaten! read more