Decision making (NHS to Private dentist)

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dannie said:

Thanks for the replies.

I think there could have been an alternative penicillin from what the private dentist was saying at the time.  Nevertheless, despite informing him of my previous experience (i.e. rash diagnosed as psoriasis and not amoxocillin related), he went on to prescribe it.

The forum rules prevent offering anything that could be construed as medical advice, which In any case I am not qualified to give.

So, let's just look at this logically.....

Rightly or wrongly your previous "reaction" was professionally diagnosed as something else. You advised the dentist of this. Why then would he not prescribe the drug if he felt that was the best for your dental problem?

If despite the professional advice you had received you were still unhappy with taking the drug you could have refused and asked for an alternative.

The dentist would then have had to explain the risks and benefits of any available alternative or referred you to somebody more specialised.

It is hard to see that your dentist did anything wrong.

dannie

Thanks for the further replies and to all previous comments which offered a variety of perspectives.