do endocrinologists generally not want to see patients for a year?

[MayGodBlessYou]

and what if you have a question for them? do you wait till next appointment? or do you make an appointment to ask a question? or can you call front desk and ask them to call you back? they seem so inaccessible.

thanks.

[MayGodBlessYou]

do specialists and doctors really recommend these to friends and loved ones?? they couldn't possibly! are specialists, pharmacists, and doctors actually taking these o.p drugs themselves? ... they couldn't! they wouldn't if they knew !

[MayGodBlessYou in reply to MayGodBlessYou]

manufacturers, researchers, execs, marketers, do they actually recommend them to loved ones?? dentists, physios, chiropracters ... do they ... recommend and use? may God bless whistleblowers

[uncountable3]

I don't live where you live but here in the US, endocrinologists are generally overcommitted. Getting to see them at all is difficult. When I need answers from my endo between annual appointments, my messages are always answered by her assistants.

[josephinius1]

I am just now starting to see an endocrinologist. He's definitely busy, and I'm sure the frequency of visits will decrease over time, but right now, I seem to be checking in every three months. He obviously wants me on a medication, which we've not nailed down yet (insurance rejected his first choice, and while I thought he'd get the memo, he didn't. He wants to appeal--I doubt it will do any good, but I don't want to take Reclast or Prolia, so more power to him?) so I'm still in medication limbo. They do have a portal, which I have not successfully signed up for yet, where I supposedly can message him (like, if I get another rejection letter.) No idea if he'd answer personally--don't really care if it's an assistant, though. Just know they don't directly answer the phone; gotta go through their voicemail, we'll get back to you process, which I hate.

Not sure what you were getting at with the later associated posts, but when I was confirming my last appointment, online, at the end I was treated to three pages of ads from a pharmaceutical company. Clearly, they sponsored or fully provide the system...yes? First time I've ever seen it so blatant! Then yesterday I started watching the mini-series...oh what's it called...anyway it's a dramatization of the oxy mess. It's bone chilling...if pharma reps pressure doctors to that degree, really, "OMG". (Never mind the addiction horror.)

But I guess, at least in my case, we could say the insurance company provides a check...at least if the drug is expensive. 🤔