You know better...

Lauren Ellerman

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You know better than your doctor does. No, maybe not about how the liver metabolizes certain substances and other complicated medical issues, but you know better about your own body, and what medicine works, and what doesn't work etc.

Does your new med make you feel drowsy? Upset? Not help as much as the old? Tell your doctor and ask why the change was made. It may be for a good reason like recent FDA studies reflect bad side effects... or it may be because your doctor forgot about your old med, and the pharmaceutical rep for the new one just dropped some samples off.. Either way, be sure to share your thoughts and experience, and ASK WHY the change was made.

Afterall - sometimes you do know better.