{"id":1053074,"date":"2011-03-22T13:28:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T13:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/when-physicians-prescribe-a-new-medication-confusion-ensues\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:47:55","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:47:55","slug":"when-physicians-prescribe-a-new-medication-confusion-ensues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/when-physicians-prescribe-a-new-medication-confusion-ensues.php","title":{"rendered":"When physicians prescribe a new medication&#8230; confusion ensues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/2608\/483\/1600\/VariousPills.0.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/59066_VariousPills.0.jpg\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><\/a>According to a <a href=\"http:\/\/archinte.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/166\/17\/1855\">2006 study<\/a> of physician-patient communication during primary care visits, when physicians prescribed a new medication they:<\/p><p>- did not tell the patient the name of the new medication in 26% of the cases (the other way to look at the data is that the physicians stated the specific medication name for 74% of new prescriptions)<\/p><div>- did not explain the purpose of the medication to patients in 13% of cases (explained the purpose of the medication for 87%)<\/div><div>- did not tell patient about adverse side effects of the medication in 65% of cases<\/div><div>- did not describe to patients how long to take the medication in 66% of cases<\/div><div>- did not tell patients the number of pills to take in 45% of cases<\/div><div>- did not tell patients about medication dosing and timing in 42% of cases<div>References:<\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.acpinternist.org\/2010\/04\/hospitals-check-doctors-communication.html\">Hospitals: Check doctor's communication skills before buying the practice<\/a>. ACP Blog.<\/div><div><a href=\"http:\/\/archinte.ama-assn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/166\/17\/1855\">Physician Communication When Prescribing New Medications<\/a>. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:1855-1862.<\/div><\/div><div>Image source: Wikipedia, public domain.<\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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