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Complaint Review: Dr. Martin McElya - Neighborhood Medical Center Dallas TX - Dallas Texas
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Dr. Martin McElya - Neighborhood Medical Center Dallas TX
5917 Belt Line Road Dallas, 75254 Texas, U.S.A.
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Dr. Martin McElya - Neighborhood Medical Center Dallas, TX Refuses to refill prescription for medication I've been taking for 25 years without an immediate visit Dallas Texas
I am an asthmatic. I've been taking the albuterol inhaler for 25 years. Recently the FDA has outlawed the generic albuterol inhaler because of its CFC content. As a result, the only medication available to me and other asthmatics is the ProAir inahaler. This particular inhaler is less effective and half the size of the old generic albuterol inhalers. I am prescribed 2 inhalers that last me 3 weeks, leaving me a week out of every month to suffer from asthma symptons. Today I called my doctor to let him know that I am out of my medication and that my prescription has expired and asked him to please phone me in a refill. His response to me was to go to the ER. I was dumbfounded. Go to the ER? Seriously? What about tomorrow? Go to the ER again? And the day after that? You get the picture. I'm sick and tired of lazy doctors.
Billy
Dallas, Texas
U.S.A.
Billy
Dallas, Texas
U.S.A.
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bo willie
Ovilla,Texas,
USA
fellow asthmatic
#2General Comment
Sat, October 17, 2009
I have asthma too and I used to use a lot of albuterol like you. One day my doc told me that he wouldn't keep giving me as much albuterol as I had been taking. He then referred me to a specialist (pulmonologist). I was pretty angry since I really didn't have time to go see a specialist however, I am very grateful that he did. The pulmonologist agreed with my doc; he said that I was using too much albuterol and should be managed so that I would not NEED to use so much albuterol. He said I shouldn't go through more than 1 ALBUTEROL INHALER PER YEAR. I thought he was crazy. But you know what?... he adjusted my medications and for several weeks now I haven't used my albuterol inhaler AT ALL!!!
It sounds like this is what you doctor is trying to convey to you. He may be just a little clumsy in his delivery.
I would suggest that you have your doctor find a pulmonolgist to consult with. I think that you would be happier in the long run.
Good luck!!
