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Old 09-16-2010, 12:28 PM
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Originally Posted by nemsmom View Post
I actually told him I want to be taken off the Gabapentin on the phone and asked him how he wants me to step down off of it. He told me we will talk about that at my next visit. I am very aggravated with this doctor and ready to switch doctors.

Thanks for the advise.
When's your next appointment?

You know your doctor works for you, you can always call him back, and tell him (again) that you want to quit the gabapentin and you'd really like some advice how to stop taking it. It's not your fault that you cant tolerate it.

Tell him you cannot tolerate it and you want to step down off of it correctly so that you dont cause yourself any problems.

My neuro used to tell me to wait till my next appointment when I'd call with problems like that...until he realized that I dont see doctors as all-knowing-deities like some people do and that I'd do whatever I want to anyways. (this is what happens when you're raised by a nurse and your aunt and uncle are nurses too. You learn from the nurses that doctors are just human and that patients have rights.)

Patients have rights. I learned about those in a medical ethics class that I took in school a few years back. http://patients.about.com/od/patient...entsrights.htm
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