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Sharron Bassano's avatar

All three of these issues were major concerns of mine when caring for my mother. Who knows if I asked the right questions or not? But I remember all those meds bottles lined up on the kitchen counter, each with its own instructions and frequency and purpose, and just praying they knew what they were doing. I will never know, Janice. All I know is that she was 97 and in pain. I loved her and did my best for her by following instructions. I have stopped blaming myself. I hope you have/will , too. Thanks for caring.

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Karen Tibbals's avatar

I want to provide some context to the comments you made about pharmaceuticals. First, drug companies don't pay physicians to prescribe drugs, they pay them to do things like give speeches and answer market research questions. Second, 90+% of all drugs are generic, and those are the drugs that are most often with supply problems. That's because generics are dirt cheap, and the companies don't make enough money to afford to have back up supply. And they certainly aren't paying physicians to prescribe them! Third, only some kinds of drugs "wear off" and require increased dosage. What could be happening instead is the underlying disease may be progressing.

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