Why Doesn't My Doctor Know This?
by Kent Holtorf, MD
[Dr. Kent Holtorf, MD, is Medical Director of the Holtorf Medical Group
Center for Hormone Imbalance, Hypothyroidism, and Fatigue in Torrance,
California.* He specializes in treating CFS and FM patients.]
A question that is often raised by patients is "Why doesn't my doctor know
all of this?" The reason is that the overwhelming majority (all but a few
percent) of physicians (endocrinologists, internists, family practitioners,
rheumatologists, etc.) do not read medical journals. When asked, most
doctors will claim that they routinely read medical journals, but this has
been shown not to be the case.
The reason is multi-factorial, but it comes down to the fact that the
doctors do not have the time. They are too busy running their practices.
The overwhelming majority of physicians rely on what they learned in
medical school and on pharmaceutical sales representatives to keep them
"up-to-date" on new drug information. Obviously, the studies brought to
physicians for "educational purposes" are highly filtered to support their
product.
There has been significant concern by health care organizations and experts
that physicians are failing to learn of new information presented in
medical journals and lack the ability to translate that information into
treatments for their patients. The concern is essentially that doctors
erroneously rely on what they have previously been taught and don't change
treatment philosophies as new information becomes available. This is
especially true for endocrinological conditions, where physicians are very
resistant to changing old concepts of diagnosis and treatment despite
overwhelming evidence to the contrary, because it is not what they were
taught in medical school and residency.
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Doctors "pratice" medicine because they are still learning. I once joked and said that I do not want that is praticing medicine. I want one that know's what the heck he is doing! LOL
Kelli
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Lisa, your doctor should know that !!!!!!!!! Hugs Lisa
they dont take time to learn new stuff becuase they are too busy listneing to pharmacutical companies and being dinned and given trips by them to hav etime to read
I am afraid that might be so. When you think about it, you know that most busy doctors are not even going to have the time to keep up with a whole lot. But it is a scarey thought, isn't it. With all this info you are reading and posting you may catch up to your doctor. Ha. Well, it's very good to keep informed. I like that about you. Gerry
oh THIS is scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my GYN handed me those YAZ birth control pills and said they were made for women with PMDD and they will turn my insanity around. I had already made it clear to her that i was poor and needed GENERIC pills, whatever they may be. YAZ is new and not generic. My co pay at WM is $30 for name brand. I stopped my Zoloft in '05 because i couldnt pay the copay and Zoloft is not generic. So i sit and wonder if my GYN was pushing the YAZ because some sales rep gave her a quota to sell each month. LOVE this entry.
Love you too,
lisa
I am not at all surprised. Time IS a huge factor, and I hope it can be worked out so that they can hav e2 hours a week or whenver to keep up to date!
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