One might ask: When might a doctor overprescribe? What are the effects of overprescribing? And are there any alternatives? Doctors know that there is no pill remedy for every medical condition and they understand how the effects of medications are limited unless a patient’s underlying problems are resolved. We know there is more most patients need but being overwhelmed by work, most of us opt for a quick solution: to grab the prescription pad and write yet another. It is not difficult to anticipate what might happen if a patients’ underlying needs are not met: they will come back; their…
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