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Posted: 8/22/2005 7:49:12 AM EDT
Lately everytime I go to my doc in the box I get the DO instead of the MD. I asked the nurse and she said she didn't know what the difference was
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Posted: 8/22/2005 7:50:50 AM EDT
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Doctor of Osteopathy.
<---- Much prefers DO over MD. In my experience, a DO will seek to heal the body, whereas MDs tend to treat the symptoms. |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 7:51:28 AM EDT
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Doctor of Osteopathy
home.earthlink.net/~drbobshields/DO.html |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 7:52:41 AM EDT
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It used to be that way, but lately there doesn't seem to be a whole lot of difference. My primary Dr is a DO, and he's turned into just another scrip writer......... |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 8:01:27 AM EDT
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Time to find another DO, my friend... |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 8:03:30 AM EDT
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Your DO has turned to the dark side. |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 8:06:12 AM EDT
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Ostoepath school is (I think) nearly identical to medical school, except there is some treatment that involves manipulation, like massaging someone's nose/head to relieve sinus pressure.
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Posted: 8/22/2005 8:56:01 AM EDT
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I'll take the MD!
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Posted: 8/22/2005 9:14:48 AM EDT
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Thanks guys!
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Posted: 8/22/2005 9:21:12 AM EDT
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Follow-Up:
What do all the other initials mean after a doctor's name: FACS (?) and other things? Do these things really have meaning or is it like the TLA (Three-Letter Acronym) and ETLA (Extended Three-Letter Acronym)? |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 9:24:01 AM EDT
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facs=member of the american college of surgeons, I don't know where the F comes from.
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Posted: 8/22/2005 9:26:00 AM EDT
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= "fellow" IIRC |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 9:33:28 AM EDT
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<----- M.ASCE 
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Posted: 8/22/2005 9:47:41 AM EDT
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Someone using FACS as a credential is a surgeon (or was - may not be practicing). Quoted from FACS.ORG
Sam |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 9:53:31 AM EDT
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DO, MD, whatever. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ and they just hand out prescriptions.
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Posted: 8/22/2005 10:05:12 AM EDT
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BS. But what do I know, I'm only an MD who's been in residency, med school, or grad school for the last 12 years. The only $ I have are those in my quarterly student loan interest statements, and pharmacists are a little quirky - they actually require prescriptions for some of those wasteful medications for blood pressure, antibiotics, insulin, etc. |
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Posted: 8/22/2005 10:16:01 AM EDT
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A DO is a doctor that couldnt get into MD school back in medical school. McM
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Posted: 8/24/2005 4:26:25 PM EDT
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me-  -ignorant you |
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Posted: 8/24/2005 4:27:58 PM EDT
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Since DO's must pass all the examinations of an MD they are equal in my mind. 
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