Hi
weird that there is such an urgency to get us pushed off a treatment that may reduce and prevent more expense on the health service for between 10p and 30p a day. Hypocritical that they push £1 a day
untested Statins so much at the moment for over 60's and yet ignore the benefit of HRT.
I think its a mix of things including some doing it out of rote, some out of concern for patient, some having concern for the cost. Some are above questioning when it does happen and unwilling to often discuss/resolve things we want at often difficult and critical times in our lives.
I noticed a timely quote today in papers that seems to pervade a lot of what we sadly see on the forum.
"Some years ago, the outgoing head of the General Medical Council warned doctors that they needed to adapt to a new age of patient-power. Sir Donald Irvine said: ‘There are still some doctors who dislike what they perceive as their authority being questioned. They resent the assertive patient.'"
Please remember I know a lot of doctors are great and are not like this.
Unfortunately the above quote has been my experience thus far.