A pediatrician visit question

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Anonymous wrote:Our ped definitely doesn’t prescribe meds if DC doesn’t test positive. We have had rapid strep tests come back negative and the two day test comes back positive. By then, DC is in a lot of pain. The urgent care will give medicine without a positive test. So will the virtual doctor. If we are 90% sure, because we have been there/done that, we use the virtual visit. We use ped for bigger issues, annual exams, vaccines, referrals, etc.

I would not be upset, OP, because I think this is good modern medicine practice. It may have been different if they had known your daughter for years, have seen her symptoms for this particular issue, etc. Definitely follow-up with them as PPs mentioned.

I agree with this. The test the Dr ran came back negative and she acted accordingly.

Is the virtual doctor different than your regular pediatrician? Where does one find this virtual doctor?

Dp. My insurance, BCBS, has a virtual doctor option. We can get same day appointments,

I have Aetna but will look into this option. Thanks! It's all becoming clear to me now how the system works.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Peds are less likely to just prescribe antibiotics like they did when we were kids. Because they become less effective each time. In this situation, I could see my ped not prescribing meds for a negative lab test.
I’d tell them about the urgent care and results. But I wouldn’t write them off over this common best practice.

This simply is not true.

The principle cause of antibiotic resistance is the appallingly excessive industrial-scale use of antibiotics in the commercial meat industry.

But doctors also oversubsribe, such as to keep a patient who is demanding a prescription despite the fact that they like have a (viral) cold.

Your doctor actually chose a very defensible course (see last sentence of this abstract):

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33479164/

[Anonymous]

Honestly, this is why we keep common antibiotics on hand at home (purchased from abroad).