what's up with this? (UPDATE)
can a doctor. without my consent or knowledge, do a drug test on me? my doctor had left his practice and i was sent to this new doctor who i later learned was an OBGYN. i am 60 years old, i might add. i thought he was general practice. anyway i needed to get established with a new doctor as i am disabled with DDD and awaiting appoval of disability benefits. we talked about my condition, he gave me new perscriptions of motrin and vicodin. i dressed and went to the front to pick up my paperwork and the nurse said she needed a urine sample and that the dr. would not fill my perscriptions unless this was done. i thought it strange but complied. and the rest is history...... oh, he also took it upon himself to call the pharmacy i use and told them of the results as well as send copies to the main records department. now no doctor will fill my pain medications, i am concerned about what this might do to my disability benefits even though my disability has nothing to do with this and i find i am hesitant to go see ANY DOCTOR FOR ANY REASON. no discussion was ever mentioned by this doctor about any drug testing. how does doctor/patient confidentiality fit here and is this malpractice?
can a doctor. without my consent or knowledge, do a drug test on me? my doctor had left his practice and i was sent to this new doctor who i later learned was an OBGYN. i am 60 years old, i might add. i thought he was general practice. anyway i needed to get established with a new doctor as i am disabled with DDD and awaiting appoval of disability benefits. we talked about my condition, he gave me new perscriptions of motrin and vicodin. i dressed and went to the front to pick up my paperwork and the nurse said she needed a urine sample and that the dr. would not fill my perscriptions unless this was done. i thought it strange but complied. and the rest is history...... oh, he also took it upon himself to call the pharmacy i use and told them of the results as well as send copies to the main records department. now no doctor will fill my pain medications, i am concerned about what this might do to my disability benefits even though my disability has nothing to do with this and i find i am hesitant to go see ANY DOCTOR FOR ANY REASON. no discussion was ever mentioned by this doctor about any drug testing. how does doctor/patient confidentiality fit here and is this malpractice?
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