Clinical · subcategory
Prescriber conversations
How to prepare for an appointment, what to bring, and how to ask for what you need without antagonising anyone.
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Second pass at: When your prescriber and the evidence disagree
Second pass at: When your prescriber and the evidence disagree — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the…
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+51 | 55 | 9.2k | 2d |
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About the Prescriber conversations category
How to prepare for an appointment, what to bring, and how to ask for what you need without antagonising anyone. This post is a community wiki: any member at trust level 3 or above can edit it, and every edit…
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+6 | 11 | 9.5k | 9mo |
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What to bring: records that a clinician can actually use — a second dataset
What to bring: records that a clinician can actually use — a second dataset I have a specific reason for asking rather than idle curiosity, and the context is below. Asking about a population rather than…
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+80 | 86 | 5.6k | 3h |
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What a good consultation looks like from the other side
What a good consultation looks like from the other side — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The…
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+57 | 62 | 4.9k | 22h |
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What to bring: records that a clinician can actually use
Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What to bring: records that a clinician can actually use Asking about a population rather than about a person. The published trials in this class…
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+15 | 19 | 6.4k | 1d |
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[2026 update] Second opinions: how to seek one without burning the first
On the subject in the title: Second opinions: how to seek one without burning the first Working notes rather than a conclusion. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the…
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Coming back to: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions
Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the…
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+51 | 56 | 1.4k | 2d |
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When your prescriber and the evidence disagree
When your prescriber and the evidence disagree — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know…
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+14 | 18 | 273 | 2d |
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[2026 update] What a good consultation looks like from the other side
The question in the title: What a good consultation looks like from the other side I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The…
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+32 | 36 | 13k | 1mo |
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Getting a referral rather than a refusal
Getting a referral rather than a refusal — setting out what I have, and where I think it stops being reliable. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the difference and I would…
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+8 | 12 | 32k | 2mo |
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Discussing something you have already been doing
On the subject in the title: Discussing something you have already been doing Working notes rather than a conclusion. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the difference and I…
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+10 | 14 | 3.4k | 10mo |
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Asking about a compound your prescriber has not heard of
Asking about a compound your prescriber has not heard of Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…
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+137 | 148 | 15k | 11mo |
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Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions Everything below is what sits behind that. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…
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+28 | 32 | 57k | 11mo |
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Discussing something you have already been doing — the long version
Discussing something you have already been doing — the long version Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. Asking about a population rather than about a person. The…
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+14 | 18 | 58k | 12mo |
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Coming back to: Getting a referral rather than a refusal
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Getting a referral rather than a refusal Everything below is what sits behind that. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I know the…
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+69 | 74 | 1.7k | 13mo |
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Coming back to: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions
Posting this under the heading it deserves: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions Everything below is what sits behind that. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…
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+139 | 151 | 47k | 18mo |
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Second opinions: how to seek one without burning the first
Second opinions: how to seek one without burning the first Writing it up because I had to work it out twice and would rather nobody else did. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…
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+1 | 5 | 33k | 19mo |
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Asking about a compound your prescriber has not heard of — one year on
On the subject in the title: Asking about a compound your prescriber has not heard of — one year on Working notes rather than a conclusion. General question, not a request for advice about my own care — I…
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+11 | 15 | 3.7k | 19mo |
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How to ask for a dose change without antagonising anyone — what changed since
How to ask for a dose change without antagonising anyone — what changed since — that is the question, and I have not found it answered plainly anywhere I have looked. General question, not a request for…
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+81 | 92 | 10k | 20mo |
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How to ask for a dose change without antagonising anyone
The question in the title: How to ask for a dose change without antagonising anyone I will give what I have already checked below so nobody repeats it. Asking about a population rather than about a person.…
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+19 | 23 | 2.9k | 23mo |
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