Hostility towards veterinarians - Page 4

insignia100 · 02-17-12, 07:05 AM

No, Advantage/Advantix spreads over the skin like Frontline. Advantage Multi is absorbed systemically (as is needed to protect against heartworms), but I think the fear of insecticides being in the body is unfounded, since all of the major flea/tick/heartworm medicines on the market have proven themselves to be extremely safe (the few that haven't are, of course, not on the market anymore -- i.e. Promeris).

Skumbo · 02-17-12, 12:02 PM

You realize they do this with human doctors as well, right?

And auto mechanics,

and repair men/contractors/etc etc.

Don't get me started on how unhealthy most prescription drugs are that havent been fully tested. Go watch tv for a few hours at night, every other commercial is a recall. Why? Because it wasn't fully tested, they threw it out into the marked after a small 4-6 month study which looked ok, big pharma pushed it out, then after 5 years and a bunch of people dying, they recall it because "they care".

I'm currently running an undergrad study with human participants and it took about 3 weeks of work to get passed by the human ethics board. I could easily go in, following all my set "rules" and do some serious harm to some of these people by accident (But I wont, because I'm not negligent) but others may, and have.

You will find very few people in this world who are genuine and actually care about others more than the big persuader - money.

Which is why it's so hard to find good animal rescues, good vets, good doctors, good cops, good neighbors, politicians, etc etc. It's just sad really.

jaleely · 02-18-12, 02:49 AM

I find that midas does good work for the price. But yeah, I've had a couple bad experiences with human doctors too. I think the last time, I had one tell me i needed to come back to her repeatedly because what if she could help me find the early signs of cancer? I had made the mistake of telling her my Uncle just died from stomach cancer...this was a stomach doctor (don't know the specific name for that field) but she said all this scare tactic stuff to me. I had gone to her because yeah...i threw up blood! but it was in response to some medication that was too strong for my stomach. She did an endoscope and fond it was just an inflamed blood vessel in the stomach lining...but then told me that i couldn't afford to NOT keep going to her for further tests, because even though there was no reason at all to think it was cancer...how i could i risk it? She also refused to give me my blood test results unless i made an appointment with her to go over them. There was nothing wrong with them. She flat out told me that it was just how it goes...i needed to come in, and LET her charge my insurance for an office visit because that was her right per her policy and too bad if i had to pay another co-pay. I just got a release from my regular doctor and am going to have it sent to her. I also requested it from their office, because they cannot withold it from me by law. Just ridiculous...she knew i was upset about my uncle dying so she tried to play off of that and scare me into spending more money.

I find that perhaps i am susceptible to this tactic...i seem to get taken advantage of a lot when anyone in authority tells me all these things that could be wrong with me, or my dog, etc. Very dishonest and rude.

Anyway, skumbo is right. It's hard not to hold resentment when you've been taken advantage of so many times, and you can't seem to find anyone out there who's into things for a good reason, rather than just trying to get money out of you at every single turn.

Skumbo · 02-19-12, 01:50 PM

In a funny twist of fate, my first pediatrician (which my parents left and put me with a different doctor as a child) who practiced all sorts of "your kid is sick! take these meds he needs them or itll get worse!" tactics to make more money was recently convicted of (get this justice...)
13 YEARS of tax evasion, he hasn't filed taxes since 1999, and he now owes like $212,000 in taxes..He was depositing his checks into his kids (adults) bank accounts to avoid a paper trail..

He just got 5 year house arrest and monitoring while he pays off his debt with proper interest/etc.. hah!

The worst was after we left him, he moved in NEXT DOOR to us, so I've had to look over at this huge house knowing they had all that money from screwing poor people over who just thought they were doing the best for their kids. Now i get to drive by and laugh that hes stuck in there with an ankle bracelet whenever I visit my folks..

I wish this happened to ever slime doctor out there!