It just bothers me that he was so unwilling to prescribe piroxicam cream or even say I haven't heard of that, that's interesting and I'll will investigate the possibility, but right now I don't feel comfortable prescribing something that I know nothing about. I do know that doctors have strict codes governing prescription writing, but God forbid a patient could come in with some suggestion that might work!!!! There are so many drugs out there that doctors can't even remember what to prescribe for what, or they prescibe what the best sales rep shows them and encourages with extra incentives and perks. Ask any nurse that works in a doctor's office, she'll tell you that they leave the room to look it up if they don't know what to prescribe and they stick to the drugs that the best sales reps sell them. My father was a pharmacist and he said he would often refuse to fill prescriptions because doctors would prescibe two drugs for a patient that couldn't be combined without toxic results. Anyway, moral of the story is sometimes, despite years of training, they just don't get it.
Thanks for listening
Sarah
Ibuprofen cream instead of pills because of the stomach irritation high doses of pills can cause. This is the only place in the U.S. I've found that sells it.