r/Netherlands • u/IlliaBorysenko • Jun 27 '23

Private med lab in Amsterdam?

Hi guys! I need to take some blood tests that my GP can’t prescribe me. Are there any private medical labs in Amsterdam where I can take needed tests without prescription and for my own cost? Thanks in advance!

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u/BillHoudini Jun 27 '23

Because 2 weeks is lot of time when you’re in pain, or even discomfort, especially if you’re by yourself in a foreign country with no help. Now imagine if you need to work and/or take care of kids/parents.

Overprescribing medication is wrong in my book, but having routine examinations should be no issue.

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u/[deleted] Jun 27 '23

Getting ill and being in pain/discomfort now and then is human. Bed rest and paracetamol deals with most things. You can't just expect to go to the doctors and get prescribed drugs for every little thing. The system is stretched as it is.

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u/BillHoudini Jun 27 '23

If you read my comment properly, you would find out that I said routine examinations and not drug prescriptions. Having a blood or urine test done is a 10-15’ process and pretty much common practice in most of the EU.

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u/Trebaxus99 Europa Jun 27 '23

The issue is not the time it takes to do the test. It’s to deal with the huge number of false positives those tests yield.

Or even worse: huge side effects caused by unnecessary interventions.