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1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Oct-2018 19:32:54 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

   There are times when I wish I had the ability to prescribe medications for myself. For example, I'd like to be able to get tramadol from a 24-hour pharmacy if I get a terrible toothache at 2 AM that paracetamol is powerless against. (I can't take ibuprofen anymore for medical reasons.) I used tramadol for weeks when I had a herniated disk in my back some time ago, and it did not result in addiction, despite high dosages, so I know that one's safe.

   1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Oct-2018 19:37:04 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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      Another good reason for wanting the ability to prescribe medications is that the government tells us to stock up on rations and supplies. I'd like to be able to stock up on stuff I might not need now, but might need in a war or disaster scenario when doctors are going to be in high demand but difficult to track down. Strong pain medication is probably a very good thing to have if you come across injured people and can't help them in any other way.

      1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Oct-2018 19:40:43 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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         Another reason for wanting the ability to prescribe medications is that doctors and psychiatrists routinely *try out* certain medications on patients just to see if they'll help. If a doctor is comfortable with that, an educated person with some basic medical knowledge should be able to manage it too, especially with the help of a drug register that lists dosages, groups who shouldn't take a medication, medications that shouldn't be mixed, etc.

         1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Oct-2018 19:44:45 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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            Most doctors don't even seem to use drug registries. I certainly don't see them pulling up the Norwegian Felleskatalogen website very often. Sometimes they'll pull out a paper version of it, but that's also rare. For younger doctors, this is probably fine, since their knowledge from medical school is reasonably up to date, but old doctors probably ought to check it regularly to stay up to date with the most recent recommendations.

            1. 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account (thorthenorseman@octodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 27-Oct-2018 19:47:47 EDT 🇳🇴 Thor — backup account

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               In any case, I think some ability to legally try out medications that would normally require a prescription would be useful. The challenge is, as always, that you mustn't let idiots do it. Since idiot detectors aren't a thing, we limit this ability to doctors... some of whom are also idiots, by the way.