Are you supposed to tell your doctor if you smoke weed?

[2pacalypse]

the amount of submission to perceived medical authority in this thread is pretty comical. Do some research on marijuana drug interactions; they don't exist outside of subjective effects when taking antipsychotics.

It's useless information and exposes you to the potential prejudices of the doc, altering his prescribing practices not on the basis of proper medical care but out of liability management. This effect can be overt or hidden; extant or not. Medicine is a business first, and it has to function within the Empire. It's a political reality related to the drug war and is less of a problem in some US states than in others, so your mileage may indeed vary.

When you start to feel sick the first confounding variable you need to remove is drug use. I don't really get how you could need to say to a doc that you smoke weed unless you're a degenerate daily weedsmoker who is allowing addiction to fuck with his health. If you're not at that point, why would you choose to have this datapoint added to your NSA file?

[loramin]

Thread summary:

If you are a paranoid conspiracy theorist who thinks that doctors are part of a great Orwellian apparatus designed to screw you if given even the slightest opportunity ... don't tell your doc.

If on the other hand you have a sane, rational world view, then you have absolutely nothing to be afraid of so you should tell your doctor.

Meanwhile, those of us who have actually done exactly that are still waiting for the black helicopters to come take us away.

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[Millburn]

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

B) would you want to die because you didn't tell your doctor about a drug that interferes with the one he just prescribed to you? (not sure such a drug even exists, but I'd rather be safe than sorry)

I agree with you but it should be noted that doctors generally aren't aware of potential prescription contraindications. If anything this is an argument to tell your pharmacist you smoke weed. :P

[Sajuuk]

I love how someone could have a full time career, went to college, never got in trouble with the law, didnt leech using their parents money while a job was attained, have decent relationships and social life, but if I smoke weed everyday im degenerate. Such narrow minded people. I dont understand... maybe Im too high... too much kei...

To OP, might as well tell them, no one really cares. The government is not going after you and a current/future job wont know you told a doctor you smoke the whacky tobaccy.

[Kimm Bare|y]

I was honest. Dr. was nonjudgmental while listing the risks/consequences and offered suggestions to improve my health.

[Locust Abortion]

I think it really depends on your doctor. It also depends on where you live.

[apio]

If you smoke pot for a very long time it can cause you to be more resistant to opiate based anesthetics. As someone who once woke up in the middle of his lung surgery, I suggest you tell your Anesthesist about it when you go in for the pre surgery Q&A. There is a reason they ask you this kind of stuff.

In any other case I would probably keep it to myself

[Sidelle]

Originally Posted by apio [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you smoke pot for a very long time it can cause you to be more resistant to opiate based anesthetics. As someone who once woke up in the middle of his lung surgery, I suggest you tell your Anesthesist about it when you go in for the pre surgery Q&A. There is a reason they ask you this kind of stuff.

In any other case I would probably keep it to myself

Not trying to derail thread but that happened to me too.

I woke up while still on the operating table during abdominal surgery. Thankfully it was at the tail end of things. It was the most horrible experience and I'll never forget it. I was completely paralyzed, still intubated, and couldn't even groan. These two nurses were chit-chatting as they practically did a "1... 2 ... 3..." and flung my ass roughly off the operating table and onto a gurney and it hurt like nothing I can remember in my life. One of the women finally noticed my eyelash flutter or something (I remember desperately trying to open my eyes) and she goes, "um, I thought I saw her eye move" or something similarly stupid. Then someone finally mentioned my elevated heart rate.

Took the bitches long enough to figure it out...

I later got a blood infection and abdominal abcesses. I think it was a problem with an antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Almost died. Spent 3 months in that hellhole hospital. Took another few months at home to put some weight back on and get strong again. Even with youth on your side this sort of shit can happen to anyone, by the way.

Anyway... let's just say I've had some very bad luck with the medical community in Buttf--k, Pennsylvania. Would rather die at home at this point than go back to that hospital for anything. Ever.

[2pacalypse]

Originally Posted by Sajuuk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I love how someone could have a full time career, went to college, never got in trouble with the law, didnt leech using their parents money while a job was attained, have decent relationships and social life, but if I smoke weed everyday im degenerate. Such narrow minded people. I dont understand... maybe Im too high... too much kei...

To OP, might as well tell them, no one really cares. The government is not going after you and a current/future job wont know you told a doctor you smoke the whacky tobaccy.

take a good hard look at quoted post if you think the justifications for calling you degenerate are too thin