Prescription Guidelines
We thank you for choosing us as your OB/GYN healthcare provider. Our goal is to provide excellent patient care. One way our office does that is by having a nurse available to take and return patient calls with urgent problems and questions. Although we experience a high call volume, your calls are important and returned in order of urgency.
One way we try to keep our nurses available for patient calls is by limiting pharmacy calls. We have developed a policy for handling prescription refills in the hope that our time may be spent caring for our patients.
Please let your provider and her nurse know if you take your prescriptions to a local pharmacy or use mail order. Also let them know if you get a 30 or 90 day supply of medications.
You will be given prescriptions at the time of your visit. Take these prescriptions to your pharmacy for filling.
If you use a mail order pharmacy, you must mail the original prescription, not a photocopy.
When necessary, prescription refills are ONLY done during our regular business hours.
Your pharmacy can fax your refill request to our office. On those rare occasions when a refill by phone is necessary, please be prepared to provide the name of the medication, dose and the pharmacy number. The refill cannot be completed without the information.
Allow 72 hours for prescription refills to be called to the pharmacy.
Always check with the pharmacy before calling the office to see if the refill is complete.
Please be sure to pick up your refill promptly at your pharmacy, as most pharmacies will hold prescriptions for only 1 week before medications are returned to stock.
Remember to check the number of refills left on your current prescription. When you have 2 refills left, it is time to call and schedule your annual exam.
Insurance medication lists, also called formularies, change regularly. Although we try to keep current with the medications on the list, we prescribe based on your needs and not always what is covered under your insurance plan. If your pharmacist offers a generic replacement, you may accept it. However, not all generics are as effective as the name brand.
Medical Disclaimer: The information provided in the Contemporary Women’s Care website should be relied upon for medical education purposes only. It is not intended to replace the independent judgment of a health care provider. The appropriateness of a course of treatment for a patient may vary from the medical information provided herein due to individual conditions and/or complications.
