A letter to a doctor…
Mar 24th, 2007 by Lillian
Dear Dr xxx , A few weeks ago I came to seek your medical advice. I was very disappointed. My ten year old son hadn’t been able to sleep for almost three nights in row, and when I asked you if it could be caused by the antibiotic, you just laughed and said” no no not from antibiotic.” When I asked why you think he’s not sleeping you said he should do exercise. I answered, well, he’s sick. He has an aching body, ear ache and throat hurts he really can’t exercise. ”mai pen rai, mai pen rai”. Thanks alot. I was hoping for more information but hey, we farang just ask to many questions don’t we? Well, for your information here are the side effects of this medication.
Ofloxacin may cause side effects. Tell your doctor if any of these symptoms are severe or do not go away:upset stomach diarrhea, vomiting, stomach pain, headache, restlessness, difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
Some side effects can be serious. If you experience any of these symptoms, call your doctor immediately:skin rash, itching, hives, difficulty breathing, swallowing
swelling of the face or throat, yellowing of the skin or eyes, dark urine,pale or dark stools, blood in urine, unusual tiredness, sunburn, seizures or convulsions
vaginal infection, vision changes, pain, inflammation, or rupture of a tendon
Ofloxacin may cause other side effects. Call your doctor if you have any unusual problems while taking this medication.
Just thought I’d let you know.
Greetings from the Farang Mum who asks too many questions.
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I feel so sorry to read this letter, but it is the truth. Some Thai doctors are just not educated enough to help people. Sorry to say it so hard, but this is not the first time that I heard from doctors like this.
But my question is, how we can be sure that the next doctor is better ?
Best wishes to your son and I hope he will be o.k. soon.
Sorry to hear about that. I wish I could say I am surprised to read this, but I’m not. My daughter has very high fever at the moment, started a few hours ago. If it gets worse I guess we’ll have to make the trip to see a doctor so be facing the same nonsense and the usual battle against needless antibiotics.
Joe: assume the next doctor won’t be better, it’s usually the case. Sadly here it’s a case of the doc is right - end of story.
Unfortunately I have found that most Thai doctors don’t have a good idea of the side affects or interactions of the drugs they prescribe. Nor do they have a good idea of how it should be administered (with meals, before meals, etc.) Anything they prescribe you should look up on the net before using.
Don’t even talk to me about Thai doctors. Even the “top doctors” in Bangkok are still assholes.
See my blog. You’ll understand.
re the antibiotics, i’ve come to the conclusion that it is like a mandatory medicine that all pediatricians have to prescribe to all sick kids ; just like when we, adults visit our doctors , they have to give us paraceptamols even when we are not in pain … question the pediatricians and receive the glare of death …