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If you are her duly appointed POA, I’m not sure why he would not discuss it with you. I’d find another doctor and/or consult with an attorney about the matter if changing doctors is not feasible.
If your mom signs a HIPPA release the doctor will be able to discuss her care with you. Without that release he can't say anything and you'll only be able to get information through your mother. Get her to sign that and be there for her next appointment with him so you can have a reasonable discussion.
He had her keep careful track of her bp for a week and then added another med and gave her instructions on tracking her bp and when to withhold one of the meds.
My mother's quality of life improved greatly. He then sent her to a geriatric psychiatrist who replaced the anti-anxiety med she'd been on for year and sent her for a cognitive evaluation.
Although we had HC POA, my mother engaged in these discussions with the doctor herself; I showed up at her second visit to observe what he was doing and assure myself that he knew her history.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that I think it's very common for the internists who operate outside of facilities to "thow" pills at older patients in an attempt to fix what the current complaint it. Geriatricians take a broader view about what is fixable and what is not, in my experience.
He had her bring all her pills in on her first visit and asked her why she was taking them. She did not know why she was on most of them, nerve pill, etc is what she called them.
He took her off everything but her metformin and blood pressure med. After a few weeks he had her back in and redid her labs to see where things were at.
We learned that her nerve pill was an anti-psychotic drug for goodness sake. She had also been on Valium for decades.
Do bear in mind that his clinical judgement may well be right, i.e. in your mother's best interests and better for her quality of life too. Also, it may be that he has done this to untangle suspected interactions and start again. In any case, don't *start* the conversation by demanding that he change everything.
Who told you this? If mom, it may not be at all true.