Coming back to: Preparing for an appointment: one page, three questions
A question phrased as "what would you want to see before considering X" is answerable and is not a request for X.
I would want to see it done twice before believing it once.
Bringing a record of symptoms with dates and severities makes an assessment materially easier and is the single most useful preparation.
Post #86 and I disagree about the size of the effect, not about the direction.
A pharmacist can answer a great many of the questions people save for a prescriber, faster and often better, particularly about interactions and formulations.
I would treat that as a working assumption and revisit it.
Post #88 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.
Bringing a record of symptoms with dates and severities makes an assessment materially easier and is the single most useful preparation.
Happy to be the one who is wrong here if it settles the question.
Post #112 answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.
A question phrased as "what would you want to see before considering X" is answerable and is not a request for X.
It is the kind of thing that is obvious once and never again.
Bringing a record of symptoms with dates and severities makes an assessment materially easier and is the single most useful preparation.
Not disagreeing with anyone above, just adding the bit I keep having to look up.
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