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ChrisMarshallNYtoday at 5:56 PM2 repliesview on HN

In the US, this is standard advice. I note that the OP is in Germany. Maybe they do things differently, there.


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Aurornistoday at 7:10 PM

The OP describes getting injected with a homeopathic botanical formulation and receiving another type of therapy that wasn’t indicated for his condition.

I wonder if this person was going to a traditional doctor or if they were visiting some type of specialty clinic as a second opinion. For most conditions you can find specialty clinics that will prescribe and administer (and bill for) a lot of non-indicated treatments, but some patients like being in the care of doctors who take action and do things after being recommended more conservative treatments by primary doctors.

tssstoday at 7:37 PM

In Germany we get zero-th opinion because you can't even get an appointment within the next 8 months.

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