Re: Which is the safest diuretic?

From: Jeff (kidsdoc2000_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 13:13:30 -0500

"Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:jason-1003051004140001@pm4-broad-31.snlo.dialup.fix.net...
> In article <42303d9e$0$88041$16897aa@news.airnews.net>, "Jeff"
> <kidsdoc2000@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "Jason" <jason@nospam.com> wrote in message
>> news:jason-0903052257520001@pm4-broad-48.snlo.dialup.fix.net...
>> > Jeff,
>> > It takes about three weeks to get a doctor's appointment.
>>
>> Gee, I hope you have one.
>>
>> > Some famous
>> > person once said something like this--"You are your own best doctor"
>> > a teacher added--"since you know yourself better than anyone else".
>> > I have a book called "The Pill Book" which makes it easy to research
>> > various drugs". I like other people's help from time to time.
>>
>> The Pill Book may be good to help you understand the drugs that you are
>> prescribed, but it is not a guide to prescribing drugs. For that you need
>> to
>> have courses in laboratory medicine (which interpretation of laboratory
>> tests), physical examination, physiology, pathology, anatomy, cardiology,
>> nephrology, pharmacology, etc.
>>
>> Who has the experience for this? Your doctor.
>>
>> And to get said pills, where do you go? Your doctor. You can't get
>> prescription drugs without seeing your doctor.
>>
>> Avoid salt and see your doctor.
>>
>> We can't diagnose you over the net.
>>
>> Jeff
>
> Jeff,
> I understand. I have read reports indicating that doctors get medical
> journals that have full page advertisements for various prescription
> drugs. People are influenced by ads--otherwise companies would not spend
> millions of dollars per year advertising products. I suspect that doctors
> also influenced by those ads.

True. But they are also influenced by their four years of medical school, 3+
years of residency, their experience after residency in taking care of
patients.

Jeff

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