can a doctor see if your prescription was filled? say it was called in and you didn't pick it up but it was filled...can they tell that you didn't pick it up???????
2007-05-05 13:46:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
No, not usually.
2007-05-05 13:54:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on the rules and distribution regulations of your pharmacy. Some require ID to pick up a prescription, others just a signature. It depends on #1 the nature of the drug and #2 where you live. Smaller towns do not check as often where larger cities do check by law. Also varies by state. Your doctor does not really have time to follow up on all prescriptions so i do not think that he would know. The only one who would know is your pharmacists, he/she could tell you when and where a prescription was picked up.
2007-05-05 13:59:37 · answer #2 · answered by CollegeHealth&EMT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
usually a doctor cannot tell if a prescription was filled. HOWEVER, in the situation where the doc calls it in to a specific pharmacy, they absolutely can find out if they speak to the pharmacist. the bigger chain pharmacies have a system that will tell you if a prescription was picked up but smaller ones will be able to tell just merely by the fact that their patient load is much smaller.
2007-05-05 16:36:39 · answer #3 · answered by Jacqueline S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can you not go to your pharmacy and pick up the prescription? I don't understand why this is a problem.
Did you like move interstate and take your computer and internet access with you?
You can also authorise someone to pick up your prescription for you. It works best if you tell the pharmacy first up you are going to do this (like if you anticipate being unavailable for pick up).
As quite correctly stated above, your doctor can only tell if (s)he has a conversation with the pharmacist or with you and someone tells him/her.
Picking up your prescription is your responsibility. As is taking the medication as directed.
You could well pick up the medication but not take it for all the doctor knows.
2007-05-05 14:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by Orinoco 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes Dr's do on occasion call pharmacists to see if their patients picked up their meds. Most recently I had a Dr call and see if the patient had picked up their pain medication because they were telling the Doc that they had not. Turns out they already had the pain med but was requesting the Dr to call in the same Rx once again.
2007-05-05 20:47:33 · answer #5 · answered by 8021 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-01-09 13:46:31 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Dr. does have the ability to see if you picked it up. i.e. An elderly woman has been a pt. for a considerable amount of time. The Dr. can follow up with the Pharmacy to make sure she received the med. That happens so rarely though. Your short answer is yes.
2007-05-05 14:03:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Can a doctor call the pharmacy and ask if a script was picked up?
Yes
Does this ever happen?
No
2007-05-05 14:06:47 · answer #8 · answered by Cassandra 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Jem and Cassie are 100% correct ... the physician may contact the pharmacist to see if the medication was dispensed to the patient. It happens rarely, but it does happen.
2007-05-05 15:48:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
~~~hmmm,,,I dont think your doctor would call the pharmacy to see if you picked up your precription. He gave you the percription, what you do with it afterwards is up to you. Im sure that since it was important enough for you to go to the Dr. and he wrote it, that you would pick it up.........I dont think Drs. have time to check up on all there pts at alll the pharmacies to see if pts picked up there percriptions.
2007-05-05 13:56:30 · answer #10 · answered by ~~Penny~~ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, they phoned it in. The pharmacy filled it. If you don't pick it up within 10 days or so, it is re-stocked.
2007-05-05 16:39:14 · answer #11 · answered by April 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋