My current doctor is out-of-network for my new insurance plan, and I'm wondering if I should search out a new MD or a DO.
I'm a 40yo female who has been treated for HBP for about 10 years. My parents both had very HBP, and my father had many heart attacks (first at 42yo) followed by a transplant (at 52yo).
I want to be as healthy as possible. I know that DOs can and do prescribe medicine, but I also know that medicine is rarely their first option.
Do I find a new MD and stick with the Atenolol that I've been taking? Or do I opt for a DO and hope that any alternative treatments would help ween me off of the medicine?
(I've only ever been to MDs, so I'm a bit leery to switch.)View Thread