@romanov - far from unusual. Gynae issues are not taken seriously unless they affect having children or sex life (ie negative impact on a MAN) if neither of these are true, women are expected by the medical profession (generally speaking - I don't doubt at least one GP will say "not all gp's") to just put up & shut up!
Xxcstatic - but even the comments about insurers - they're private companies which means YOU their customers could vote with your feet/wallets! Go to insurers who DON'T overly and with little evidence prevent gp's from meeting patients needs.
"If doctors are refusing to prescribe on the basis of a hunch that something might go wrong, then God help anyone who wants treatment that involves a drug with side-effects, such as...well, all of them." Yes that arguments really starting to piss me off too. There's absolutely no evidence for it.
"It's amazing, they're nowhere to be found on threads asking for one" yep funny that eh! 🤔
"risks that are no more than many other prescribe medicines." Exactly! Indeed many other medicines that people take regularly have far higher risk of DVT for starters.
"Just got out of doctors.
Was in and out in 2 mins
He gave me 14 2mg diazepam
He wished me a nice holiday
Baffled"
Excellent! Thankfully there are still SOME gp's with a spine, common sense and who care about their patients.
"no doubt from a naive or complacent GP." Completely unnecessary and unfounded comment. I'll wager it's a GP with more experience who knows to assess patients individually rather than blindly enacting a blanket policy.
"so because you don't have anyone agreeing with you,you will spit your dummy out and not judge on individual cases rather than "guideline"nonsense
Pathetic" yep!
"And aren't guidelines just that - a guide? Not a rule that can't be broken?" Yes I'm always keen on the answer to that one. They're guidelines, they're not set in stone!