This has to be the usa medical system, right? Nobody pays a cent in Australia if they go to emergency and no doctor that I know of makes extra money from a consultation to prescribe BP medication, that is just ridiculous! The only medication scripts my gp gets me in for are sleeping pills and panadeine forte about every 6 months, because I don't use them very often for migraines. Anything else I ring up and leave a message and then pick up the script.
Can you just change doctors and see a new one? I'd change doctors ASAP anyway, that dr is risking your life for the sake of getting you in & being paid for a totally unnecessary consultation. In fact, I'd not only change doctors, I'd report the doctor for malpractice!
The only non prescription ways I know of which can lower BP are meditation and beetroot, plus the usual stuff about avoiding salt and drinking lots of water. If you do some googling there are probably more - worth a try.
Your BP is dangerously high (I assume you have one of those home wrist monitors?). Did you actually speak to the doctor personally when you called in or was it some receptionist following a stupid rule? I guess you could just go there and sit in the waiting room insisting something be done.
I make sure I don't run out of any of my many medications (heart disease, emphysema, arthritis - all that boring old age stuff) but my doctor also checks on the computer to see if I need any scripts.
Oh I have another idea: if you know anyone else with high BP, borrow some pills. I know that's not recommended, but better than a stroke or a heart attack eh?
Good luck! I'm totally gobsmacked by your doctor's negligence and I hope you find a way to get your BP down before something nasty happens. Personally I wouldn't be going to a doctor where you have to wait that long for an appointment anyway, so I hope you can find a responsible one who can help you, especially if you explain it's an emergency and you have no money for hospital emergency.
How much does your BP medication cost? In Australia most commonly used medicines are federal government subsidised for everyone on government benefits (welfare to you) and cost $6.50 maximum per script. But then we have one of those dreaded and dreadful "socialised" medicine systems: it's not perfect and people who can afford private hospital treatment (eg surgery) get sorted sooner than those without it, but it certainly has its advantages, especially if you're poor.
Please let us know how you get on, I'll be thinking of you.
So being made great again hasn't created a medical system where you need to pay $60 in an emergency department? The solution is in the hands of ordinary people - VOTE.
Ours is far from perfect, but if even our present happy clappy xian pm tried to introduce that sort of system here, it just wouldn't happen.
It's better to pay the 60$ in the urgent care than to pay the 1500$ meds they give you in the ER. Doctors and nurses are expensive people to get so the hospital needs to make money since most are privatized. That's why preventive steps in ones healthcare are needed.
Of course there a city funded hospitals and federal ones but their services are lacking compared to the private sector. Because private businesses tend to do things more efficiently than goverment institutions.
Even better if you lived in a country which had the dreaded "socialist" medical system and didn't have to pay anything at all or a low price for perfectly ordinary medicine like the one OP has run out of
I canf tell if you are being sarcastic in the first part of not. I haven't gone to th ed hospital in like 8 years so I have no idea on the modern costs. I got some podiatry done for 400 wich wasnt a bad deal but that was with no insurance and at a dedicated place
Sounds like this is just a small town problem really. Its not the fault of medical care in the USA if someone cant get meds in their own town. Some doctors can be dicks and not give you the meds you need and if it's really a problem the hospital the town over should be able to supply the proper prescription.
The op could of have this taken care of if they just paid the urgent care some extra money (60$ if I recall an earlier post) . You want fast service you pay more that's how it work. If your life is going to end in 2 weeks without the meds 60$ ain't that much. If not tough it out for 2 weeks.
Medication can only be doled out when the doctor prescribes is it sounds like all you have to do it wait. No doctor worth their salt would turn down someone with high blood pressure.
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This has to be the usa medical system, right? Nobody pays a cent in Australia if they go to emergency and no doctor that I know of makes extra money from a consultation to prescribe BP medication, that is just ridiculous! The only medication scripts my gp gets me in for are sleeping pills and panadeine forte about every 6 months, because I don't use them very often for migraines. Anything else I ring up and leave a message and then pick up the script.
Can you just change doctors and see a new one? I'd change doctors ASAP anyway, that dr is risking your life for the sake of getting you in & being paid for a totally unnecessary consultation. In fact, I'd not only change doctors, I'd report the doctor for malpractice!
The only non prescription ways I know of which can lower BP are meditation and beetroot, plus the usual stuff about avoiding salt and drinking lots of water. If you do some googling there are probably more - worth a try.
Your BP is dangerously high (I assume you have one of those home wrist monitors?). Did you actually speak to the doctor personally when you called in or was it some receptionist following a stupid rule? I guess you could just go there and sit in the waiting room insisting something be done.
I make sure I don't run out of any of my many medications (heart disease, emphysema, arthritis - all that boring old age stuff) but my doctor also checks on the computer to see if I need any scripts.
Oh I have another idea: if you know anyone else with high BP, borrow some pills. I know that's not recommended, but better than a stroke or a heart attack eh?
Good luck! I'm totally gobsmacked by your doctor's negligence and I hope you find a way to get your BP down before something nasty happens. Personally I wouldn't be going to a doctor where you have to wait that long for an appointment anyway, so I hope you can find a responsible one who can help you, especially if you explain it's an emergency and you have no money for hospital emergency.
How much does your BP medication cost? In Australia most commonly used medicines are federal government subsidised for everyone on government benefits (welfare to you) and cost $6.50 maximum per script. But then we have one of those dreaded and dreadful "socialised" medicine systems: it's not perfect and people who can afford private hospital treatment (eg surgery) get sorted sooner than those without it, but it certainly has its advantages, especially if you're poor.
Please let us know how you get on, I'll be thinking of you.
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So being made great again hasn't created a medical system where you need to pay $60 in an emergency department? The solution is in the hands of ordinary people - VOTE.
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It's better to pay the 60$ in the urgent care than to pay the 1500$ meds they give you in the ER. Doctors and nurses are expensive people to get so the hospital needs to make money since most are privatized. That's why preventive steps in ones healthcare are needed.
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Even better if you lived in a country which had the dreaded "socialist" medical system and didn't have to pay anything at all or a low price for perfectly ordinary medicine like the one OP has run out of
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My doctor finally wrote a script yesterday afternoon, I got my blood pressure pills now
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Oh I am glad to hear that! Take care of yourself
I canf tell if you are being sarcastic in the first part of not. I haven't gone to th ed hospital in like 8 years so I have no idea on the modern costs. I got some podiatry done for 400 wich wasnt a bad deal but that was with no insurance and at a dedicated place
Sounds like this is just a small town problem really. Its not the fault of medical care in the USA if someone cant get meds in their own town. Some doctors can be dicks and not give you the meds you need and if it's really a problem the hospital the town over should be able to supply the proper prescription.
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I live in a small town in Australia and this problem just would not arise.
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The op could of have this taken care of if they just paid the urgent care some extra money (60$ if I recall an earlier post) . You want fast service you pay more that's how it work. If your life is going to end in 2 weeks without the meds 60$ ain't that much. If not tough it out for 2 weeks.
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I don't have $60, so what choice do I have?
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And risk a stroke or heart attack from dangerously high blood pressure? That's a good idea .... NOT
I'm in Kansas City, that's not really a small town.
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Medication can only be doled out when the doctor prescribes is it sounds like all you have to do it wait. No doctor worth their salt would turn down someone with high blood pressure.
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My GP faxes scripts through to my pharmacist if I ask for them by phone and leaves a hard copy for me to pick up & take to the pharmacist later.
But then, he's probably not trying to make people come in unnecessarily so he can make more money.