Why do doctors choose a $2,000 drug over a $50 one?

[hollysmom]

43. I have been going to him for over 10 years, not the best, certainly far from the worst.

The office is half a block from my house and he takes my insurance - so I go, we have a combative relationship, ha ha . He knows I won't just take something he gives me. I have to look it up and check out the adverse effects. I can then call him and ask for something else. He is excellent with colds and flus and sends me to specialists for muscle or bone problems. But he done't recall everything. He was really pushing the shingles shot a lot, so I figure he just had a visit from his local pill pusher. Of course the CDC recommends it for people over 60, I just think it is silly if you have never had an occurrence of shingles. He wants me to take my blood pressure pills every day, but some days my blood pressure is low and I won't take it until it is at least normal, I ended up in the hospital years before I saw him because I took the pill every day and my blood pressure disappeared and I died (luckily, I didn't feel well and drove to an emergency room before I died and they brought me right back, but I didn't wake up for 3 days when they finally cleared all the excess medication out of my system.) On the other hand, when I do get ill, he always makes time in his schedule to see me in a very short time/hour.

I.e. I think he is a regular doctor who does not deal well with independent thinkers and weird health problems. I am a challenge to him, ha ha . But he is caring