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Old 10-18-2012, 05:48 PM   #29
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Originally Posted by jrc View Post
Well I'm not going to argue about the risks involved with prednisone, I'm not a physician. My real point was that duck itch is not an emergency condition.

A good doctors office would more than likely squeeze you in. If they could not, they can prescibed medicine over the phone to hold you over and scheduled a follow-up in the next few days. I can't remember getting prednisone over the phone, but I have been prescribed over the phone several times. Most towns have one drugstore open late night just to handle late night presciptions.

IMHO emergency rooms are for emergencies.
It is not easy to get squeezed in by a doctor in the lakes region unless you are a patient of that practice.
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