Please explain pharmacy rules with seeing a doctor for a second opinion for me? (NSFW)

I’m not sure I completely understand. If you’ve had scabs for 24 years, I would ask a doctor first.

@Hawaii_Jake I saw my GP years ago about it. Nothing came of it. I will ask her again in October. I might ask a different pharmacist after if I don’t get the desired results.

^Good idea.

Something like that going on for >20 years, I’d find another doctor to help me if my current one can’t or doesn’t.

That’s weird and abnormal.

No pharmacist or medical doctor can stop you from getting a second opinion.

@gondwanalon He said that if I received a second opinion , from my doctor, that he would not permit me to change my mind back.

Sounds ridiculous. I think you can see a doctor for it. Maybe a Dermatologist is best.

Do you have dandruff?

The scab is there all of the time or on and off?

Twice I’ve informed two different cardiologists that I’m seeking a second opinion. They both were good with that.

An RN once told me that second opinions are worthless because if the two doctors disagree then how do you know which opinion is correct. The answer is the patient’s unique situation, needs and desires enter into the final decision to determine what is right for the patient.

@JLeslie I’ve been picking and scratching them for 24 years. The only time that they stopped is when I was on antihistamines, and after they came right back.

I even shaved my head. It did not help.

Are you sure you understood the pharmacist correctly? That’s preposterous. If I spoke to him again, I’d ask to see his license and/or I would not go back. There’s lots of pharmacies in a town of that size.

He said that he would refuse his treatment if I asked my doctor as it would be unethical to continue if my doctor said otherwise. No take back.

I don’t remember the exact wording as was months ago.

He doesn’t treat you! He only does what the doctor says. He’s full of himself.

Find another pharmacy…there’s plenty.

@smudges Thanks. Will do.

See a dermatologist, not a physician and not a pharmacist.

Do you have dandruff?

@JLeslie No.

I think you should go to a Dermatologist.

What did the pharmacist tell you to but for it?

@JLeslie I don’t remember.
I might need to get a refral from my doctor to see a dermatologist?

As far as I know, the only thing the pharmacist does is fill prescriptions. The doctor would write a prescription, and the pharmacist would fill it. If the pharmacist would refuse to fill it, you could go to another pharmacy.

Perhaps you heard the Pharmacist incorrectly.
I recommend finding a good Dermatologist.

You’re asking a dermatologist for a first appointment. Or talk to your GP. That pharmacist didn’t make sense.

If you think you’re mistaken about what he said, or you want a second opinion about what he said, ask your mom to speak with him. She would be asking a general question, not specific so he need not have an issue about privacy.

@jca2 I am dropping it. Thanks @all

@RedDeerGuy1 I think you said you’re on a lot of medication. I’m wondering if or more of those medication’s make you itchy. Either that or it’s a nervous habit that you haven’t broken.