Treating this as a situation where your first sense is to lie, suggests to me that you don’t have a relationship with a trustworthy primary care doctor and you should find a trustworthy primary care doctor.
My housemate asked their primary care first, and they said no. I don’t think that means that the PCP is a bad fit for them; there are lots of things you’re balancing when you choose one.
Even with pharmacies my first approach would be to tell the truth.
I’ve read lots of people trying this and being turned away.
My housemate asked their primary care first, and they said no. I don’t think that means that the PCP is a bad fit for them; there are lots of things you’re balancing when you choose one.
I’ve read lots of people trying this and being turned away.
I think it says two bad thinks about the primary care doctor:
They don’t think well about treatment evidence.
They don’t support their patient with access to they medical services they want.
Besides taking time to listen and being easy to access those two seems to me like the main things that are important about a primary care doctor.