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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a lot of physicians in my extended family, and I have a lot of respect for physicians.

But in this case, I'd like to respectfully point out that in some cases it's necessary to see several physicians or specialists. Sometimes a new set of eyes will be able to figure out what the correct diagnosis is. This happened with my sibling who turned out to have a very rare disease. It took several years to arrive at a correct diagnosis. So it's not always a matter of  diagnosis shopping, or someone who wants opioid prescriptions from multiple physicians.

Come to think of it, perhaps there *should* be a database specifically dedicated for abused drugs. But for the vast majority of patients, this is not necessary and can actually present a privacy threat to the patient.[/quote]

For opioids there's CRISP/PDMP.

Getting a second on opinion from someone with more expertise is not diagnosis shopping.

Seeking additional opinions from other similarly skilled doctors, while hiding previous records, test results, and diagnoses from them, because you didn't like what you were initially told is diagnosis shopping.[/quote]

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