Women, Don’t Lie About Your Health To The Doctor

LIE: “I’m following your prescription to the dot.”

Sometimes, we take our doctor’s warnings about our medications with a grain of salt. If you’re using an inhaler for your asthma, for example, you may be using it more often than what your doctor said would be safe for you. You may not care about the side effects, like trembling hands and a pallid face, as long as you can breathe more easily. And even if your doctor notices these symptoms, you would deny not following his instructions, because you’re afraid he would take your medication away.

It’s very important for your doctor to be able to correctly assess how you are reacting to your medication. If the treatment is not very effective or you are experiencing side effects, he can prescribe a different medication that will work and suit you better. However, if the reason why your medication is not working or you are having side effects is because you are not following your doctor’s orders, you may end up making your condition worse. For example, if you are misusing your antibiotics and you finish your prescription days before you can get a refill, you’ll be giving plenty of time for the bacteria to wreak havoc unimpeded and your simple bladder infection may turn into a kidney infection, or worse, a blood infection.