Second-Guessing Your Doctor –
Should You Conduct Some Individual Research into the Drugs that are Prescribed for You?


To most people, this sounds like a very silly question. When a doctor prescribes some type of Canadian medication for them to take, most take them at their word and do as their doctor recommends. But if the recent debate over health care in the US has showed anybody anything, it is that the health care companies are a very powerful group of people. They lobbied very hard to try and ensure that the laws were not made to place any new restrictions on the business practices they have become accustomed to. Any group that can spend millions of dollars per day lobbying to keep things “business as usual” is a powerful lot indeed. This has led some to begin questioning their own doctors, wondering who they are really looking out for.

Drug companies do not even try to keep it a secret that they have their sales out in force flooding doctors’ offices everywhere with marketing and sales talk regarding the drugs they are trying to get them to use. This in itself has led to people wondering just who are the doctors really working for? Are they working with the best interest of their patient in mind or they only looking out for themselves and prescribing drugs they know aren’t best for the patient, but the drug companies are rewarding them for doing so? While most doctors claim to not be affected by the marketing and sales pitches that drug companies are pushing on them every single day, studies have conducted that prove otherwise. This is why, when your doctor puts you on a new Canadian medication, you should take the initiative and do a little bit of independent research on your own.

Even if you trust your doctor, and many people do, it still wouldn’t hurt to do a little bit of research on your own. If you find alarming studies that have recently been conducted on the drug or read a lot of information about serious side effects that the doctor neglected to mention, bring them up to your doctor during your next visitation. If they flat out refuse to listen to you, or simply don’t want to talk about these concerns of yours, you should immediately go find another doctor. If they acknowledge your concerns, but still recommend the drug, then it is up to you to decide if you trust their decision making or not.

Most doctors only have the best intentions at hand, but you should always do a little extra research on your own about Canadian medications.