A friend of mine and myself have a bet going. Neither of us know the answer to the question asked above but someone told her that doctors can not check and another said they could. I say they can depending on the prescription. Does anyone know if doctors can check prescriptions that they write? I am talking about a plain old fashioned prescrition that has been written out by hand. I know now they have computer made ones that have tracking numbers etc. I am talking about the actual traditional one that has been written out by hand. Thanks for settling this!
2006-10-31 08:04:02 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
Yes, they can check, I know this to be fact, takes a bit of time, but I am a nurse and we have patients that come in with all kinds of pain, and request controlled pain meds, depending on how often, past medical records,ect, flags go up, and we will check all pharmacies in the area, if they are a chain pharmacy, they will pull up all records, we also go within a huge radius, which will then alert all the pharmacies that there is potential drug abuse going on. So the answer is yes, a doctor can check and on occasion does.
2006-11-01 01:38:00 · answer #1 · answered by Jennifer L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends. When I was a kid, my mother always had the receptionist call the prescription in to the pharmacy, which was close to our house but far from the doctor's office. That way, the prescription was usually ready when we got to the pharmacy. The doctor could certainly call that pharmacy to confirm that the prescription was filled.
If the doctor didn't know where the patient was going to fill the prescription, I don't see how he'd be able to find out if it had been done.
2006-10-31 08:20:14 · answer #2 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Certainly they can check on it, but I doubt they have the time to do that unless: 1) someone is forging their prescriptions 2) the patient in question has a serious medical problem that came up suddenly 3) you request that.
Old fashioned doesn't mean anything at all, because they have to give their doctor number to the pharmacy, which will enter the info into a computer in any case. If health insurance is involved, they will track it too. God forbid you should want your refill a week early, since you are planning to go on vacation.
2006-10-31 08:14:42 · answer #3 · answered by Zelda Hunter 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Kaiser physician can check to see if a prescription was filled within the Kaiser system.
A physician that calls in a prescription to a specific pharmacy can check to see if a prescription was filled.
A physician that hands you a script has no idea where you will get it filled and therefore cannot check on it.
Narcotic prescriptions probably can be checked on, eventually, and with great paperwork involved, but not with a simple phone call.
2006-10-31 13:22:10 · answer #4 · answered by OU812 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only if they know what pharmacy you used and they call there. If they wrote you a script for a med that can be blood tested or urine tested and you tested positive at school or work then of course the doctor would know that you had been taking it to have shown positive, however, usually they don't contact the doctor anyway. There is no universality among pharmacies yet. Some are traceable but by no means all. You could take it to a different pharmacy ( a ma and pa corner pharmacy ) for example, and there is no way to know.
2006-10-31 12:30:01 · answer #5 · answered by Shaman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not really, because it is really up to the patient whether he wants to fill it, or not. Even if a doctor were to check, he would have to have a computer link up to all pharmacies in the city, and maybe throughout the whole state. The only way the pharmacy and the doctor would converse is, if there is something about the perscription which seems like a mistake, or an omission of some kind, like the dosage of the medicine.
2006-10-31 08:09:28 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most pharmacies (mind does) have computerized records..they just pull up your name and there they can tell everything you have ever had filled. They also have to keep a copy of that prescription for so long. even if the records were not computerized, they could still tell by looking at the prescription (if it wasn't filled, the pharmacy would not have it). If they don't know what pharmacy you use..I doubt they could tell.
2006-10-31 11:21:15 · answer #7 · answered by chilover 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it replaced right into a thoroughly out of line dose, the pharmacist might refuse to fill. We in pharmacy have faith the only sturdy use for the PDR is as a doorstop. you will hit upon dosing information interior the drug insert related to the inventory bottle. Ask the pharmacist for it or seem it up on line. in terms of selections, your pharmacist could be somebody to invite. a grimy secret in healthcare is the shortcoming of wisdom medical doctors have on prescription drugs.
2016-10-21 01:31:43 · answer #8 · answered by comesana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A doctor physician? Is there some other kind of "physician" we need to know about to answer this question?
2006-10-31 08:11:56 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, i can have My office to confirm thru the drug stores, once it has been filled, they will add my # to the computer.
2006-10-31 08:07:45 · answer #10 · answered by rpoker 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋