Gary Said:

How do you go about finding a doctor to get a prescription for medication for social anxiety?

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Your best bet is to call a local hospital and get a list of doctors in your area and make an appointment. Explain to the doctor your symptoms. You and the doctor can decide together how best to treat your symptoms. Good luck

Dwayne Said:

Did anyone who wanted a natural birth have trouble finding a doctor who was in favor of it?

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Tell me about it. Dr's in general aren't in favor of natural birthing. I wanted the same thing w/my son who was born in 05'. They ended up pressuring me into getting an epidural, being induced etc. It really aggravated me in the end too since I've always been so into health & healthy alternatives. But, this time around I found a Midwife! (i'm due nov 21st!!) she is straight from GOD and I love her! Everything is natural and so comfortable, just the way a pregnancy should be. She is very experienced and actually takes the time to discuss things with me, where-as my OBGYN's (I had 3 of them w/my son) mostly just gave me simple cold answers. You really do feel like 'just a number' at times, b/c really you are in some ways.

Anyway, congrats on your baby!! It's sad that more hospitals don't do things completely natural. But thank God birthing centers (like you mentioned) and Midwifes are available!!

Sergio Said:

How do I go about finding a doctor who prescribes methadone for heroin addiction?

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If you live in the US, this is strictly illegal. You will not find a doctor who will do this in this country. A doctor can prescribe methadone for pain management, or prescribe opiates for a short-term medical detox, but this doesn't really help you.

If your son is compliant with his methadone program, he'll start getting take-home doses as quickly as a few months. This will allow him to travel: he just needs to avoid skipping days and pass his drug screens. The exact rules vary by state, but the number of days you can take home build up and generally after a year or two of good behavior you only have to go once a month.

There is, in most places, something called "hardship" dosing. You can sometimes set up a program where you go once a week to the clinic and get a take-home supply. Then you have to coordinate with a nearby program that does monitoring and provides the necessary addiction treatment.

If your son just wants to take a trip and he's been in the program for a while, there's also something called "exception" dosing. This will let the clinic give him a one-time set of doses to take with him during the trip. The rules on this vary by state, but it's usually for patients who have been there long enough for take-home doses but haven't been compliant enough to get them.

There is another drug called buprenorphine that a doctor can prescribe for opiate dependency on an outpatient basis. If your son wants to come live with you, he could find a doctor in your town and set up a treatment. This is usually pretty expensive compared to methadone, and switching from methadone requires you to go about three days into detox from methadone or it will make you very sick. Some buprenorphine doctors refuse to take methadone patients for this reason.

Also, it's really important that you treat the addiction in addition to the chemical dependency on opiates. An outpatient buprenorphine program typically doesn't include any addiction treatment, just a chemical dependency treatment. This puts a higher burden on your son to get treatment himself.

If you want to try buprenorphine, check out http://buprenorphine.samhsa.gov/bwns_loc… and talk to some of the local doctors. You could also call your local clinic about hardship dosing.

Good luck to your son. Methadone treatment can help you switch off the dangerous and highly disruptive short-acting opiates, but dealing with the addiction and mental health issues that led him there takes a lot of work. For this reason, people generally stay on methadone for years before they are ready to stop. The chemical dependency is the easy part of this situation.

Veronica Said:

I need help finding a doctor in San Francisco?

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USF has great medical care of all kinds.....if it's not what you are looking for, perhaps someone there cold make a recommendation for your particular needs...Good luck.

Sylvia Said:

Ladies, How do I go about finding a doctor who will do a tubal ligation?

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I know there are because I've heard of women who have had no kids and are young that had it done. The thing is that since you're only 30 years old, it may be harder to find a doctor willing to do it but not impossible. You may want to go online and do some research. You may also be able to find a site that could refer you to a doctor. Another thing you may want to consider is the Essure procedure which is non-surgical sterilization. What they do is insert to small metal springs into your fallopian tubes then after 3 months, scar tissue forms permanently blocking your tubes so you can't get pregnant. If you go to the essure website, they have a list of doctors that perform the procedure.