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"Not being listened to, and Dr not contacting someone who has the knowledge"

About: Swan Hill District Hospital / Emergency Department

(as the patient),

I presented at Swan Hill ED a while ago after having had a bad interaction with the medication I am on.  I had one Ed DR, while looking at their phone, telling me while reading, that there was not a good reason to be on the medication.  This med is a last of the line drug and has many interactions with drugs and food.  It is an old antidepressant that you get to try when all else fails. 

I asked the doctor to leave as they weren't listening to what I was explaining to them.  I felt they did not have any knowledge of the drug.  This was not the first time.  When I have been unwell and having to present to ED, I have been told I am depressed and the med is also blamed.  However, I am not sure any doctor actually made an attempt to contact someone who had knowledge of the drug. 

At times when severe pain, I was told, panadol, nurofen.  I have found recently that there are strong pain meds that I have been given that do not react with this drug.  Why doesn't anyone try to contact someone who has the info.  I am so put off by the ED department because of what I feel is the quick judgement, and having to end up trying to find someone who can listen.  And not blame what is there.  This is not a one off.

Based on my experience, this not somewhere I want to go if I need any help.

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