I went to a chiropractor for my DOT and got a 3 month card. HELP!

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  1. x1Heavy

    x1Heavy Road Train Member

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    Well.. Let me say this it might not apply to you.

    The medical community is being bent over and rammed by Obama and crew for Opioid addiction that is killing people these days. It's getting to where it's impossible for a family doctor to prescribe anything harder than aleve or injected iburpohen to avoid constant and overbearing DEA exams every three months.

    My poor family doctor when Obama got elected and especially after obamacare got rammed in congress, had to carry a computer to record three questions for gun control etc, questions that have nothing what so ever to the sniffle or booboo Im sitting on his bed for at the office.

    When it came to medicines, if you tried to go from one doctor to the next until you got pain pills for the big boo boos. the State finds out in a registry under your name at the pharmacy where you filled a small amount from doctor magoo or so and so.

    It's getting really bad out there friends. I fear the worst if we cannot let doctors be doctors like they used to in the old days.
     
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  3. Tonguetied

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    Yes, you can go somewhere else, but your BP needs to be rectified regardless if you pass the second time, you still can be hired, but you m a y need meds, which is only a yearly physical, it's not the end of the world, I would not wait until the three months are up since some meds take two weeks to work properly, and then you won't know if it will be a good med for you personally
     
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  4. x1Heavy

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    Yea Tonguetied speaks truth here. You have a medical issue. BP.

    You want to get it resolved. For the sake of your life for the rest of it however many years or decades you get.
     
  5. alghazi

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    Nonsense. The answer to your question is yes. You can (and should) go to another doctor and get a DOT physical today.

    It is NOT Doctor shopping and is perfectly legal.
     
  6. alghazi

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    You do not have to return to the same place. You can go to any certified examiner you wish.
     
  7. scottied67

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    Drink 32 ounces of water the night before the phys. Get good deep rest. No coffee or salty food for breakie. More fresh clean water in the morning. Breathing deeply and relaxation thoughts, In with the Good, Out with the Bad. Just something light. Brush floss twice daily at least 6 months before phys. Believe it or not good teeth and gums affect the heart. Lose weight and work out a little in the months leading up to the phys. Walking, doing some light squats and lunges, easy pushups, jumping jacks etc.
     
  8. alghazi

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    Depends on where he goes. CR England accepted the physical I already had. So did CRST. There are a number of companies/schools that will accept a student or driver's current physical.
     
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  9. bluejet

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    Great! They prescribed me to amlodipine 2.5mgs

    If you don't mind me asking, can you tell me what meds they gave you for your BP?

    I don't think swift accepts 3 month cards, but I hear they put cameras in the truck facing you, so I don't want to go with them anyways. I can understand cameras facing the road, but on the driver? they have got to be kidding me.
     
  10. x1Heavy

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    CAMERAS facing driver?

    Holy - We used to joke about them back then. I. Don't. think. so. They can go eff themselves. If they wanna do that, I wanna webcam facing a pretty dispatcher in return.
     
  11. alghazi

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    I was responding to the post that said you were wasting your money and would have to get another physical once you went to a school or company.

    You need to go get another physical and get rid of that 90 day card ASAP. Get yourself a 1 or 2 year card and some companies will accept that and not make you get a new physical when you go to school/orientation.
     
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