Okay so it's Bupropion 300mg, Finasteride 5mg, Norvasc 10mg, Lovastatin 100mg, Lipitor 20mg, and for some strange reason Finasteride 5mg again. All for 30 tablets 1 daily with 5 refills for all. So what's wrong is that Finasteride is on there twice, you have two Statin drugs, and Lovastatin doesn't exist in 100mg.
I worked at a student loan servicer, with the actual physical documents… I looked at stuff worse than this. Same hand wrote all of these, and i agree with this interpretation of what is written. A doctor is a busy person, but spending a few extra seconds to write something more legibly should be very important.
Why on earth does anyone do paper scripts in A.D. 2024 for anything besides maybe "you might have to ask around to find a pharmacy that has this instock"?
As someone who works on the patient facing side of medical insurance, the fact that you have the guess any of these terrifies me. Just as much as a patient calling to scream at me, not understanding why the pharmacy wont fill his script until they speak to his dr because one tab 2x daily is NOT an appropriate dosage instruction for 🤬 viagra exasperates me
@@sirensoundwave 🤷but if you're implying what I'm inferring, that would be overkill and vision problems are always a concern. If a dual dose isn't working for Ed , bigger problems in the heart or the cardiovascular system might be present
@@BadBoyBobby85 Dude did not know that nor did he care when I tried to explain the real possibility of serious complications or 💀. He seemed to just think more equals 💪 longer therefore mission accomplished . That's why those calls terrify me. It's like talking to a brick wall and you just KNOW he's gonna abuse the hell outta those pills and end up in the ER...or morgue with a wicked case of angel lust. But telling him not to is technically not my job.
and this is why I hope to never, ever, ever, ever be on the patient facing side of medical insurance again. It got to the point, I would get anxious every time a member or a doctor (not their office, the doctor themselves) called. I was so glad when I got moved out of doing phones and into a quality-adjacent department.
you'd be surprised how many mistakes are still in escripts. Especially when it's nurses who sends in the orders for the doctor's office and they have no idea how to properly write directions
oh and depending on state law. A single page can only contain a max of [certain] number of prescriptions. In my state, the max is 3, rendering this entire prescription illegal since they're trying to write 6 at once
Lovastatin possibly, and the last one could be furosemide. But it wouldn’t make sense to have both lovastatin and Lipitor (atorvastatin), since you’d be doubling up on statins. Iirc bupropion shouldn’t be more than 450 mg daily, so the once a day assessment seems right. But yeah this whole thing needs rewriting/clarification.
I use to write out the prescriptions for my doctor, he'd review and sign.... for this reason. Too many calls from the pharmacist for clarification or new script.
the phone number was obviously printed on the paper, so it's a doctor's office number. Which is NOT patient info, it's public and does not violate HIPAA
In my state (Ohio) you’re only allowed to write a max of 3 non-controlled prescriptions on a single Rx paper, so this doctor would also be getting called about that
Bristapol? Liprador or Triace? Or what ever them meds are is called that sound like for heart coloestrol and blood pressures meds. That stint regection med? I have no clue I'm going by other heart bp related meds. Edit: We have digital and printed scripts here in Australia. Mine get sent direct to the pharmacy via email or to my mobile phone if I want to use other pharmacies, which is an e-script thing with a code. No paper/handwritten anything. What do you do if the dr has gone on holidays or not around? Yikes.
Not really unless they don’t prescribe all that frequently or you ask. I was on some prescription eye drops that would run out while traveling and insurance wouldn’t let me refill before leaving as I was on the last of second month of a 3 month prescription so I asked for a paper script so I could fill anywhere. Otherwise they electronically send it in.
Doctors who write prescriptions like that are SOOOO disrespectful, both to the patient and the pharmacist.
Okay so it's Bupropion 300mg, Finasteride 5mg, Norvasc 10mg, Lovastatin 100mg, Lipitor 20mg, and for some strange reason Finasteride 5mg again. All for 30 tablets 1 daily with 5 refills for all. So what's wrong is that Finasteride is on there twice, you have two Statin drugs, and Lovastatin doesn't exist in 100mg.
I worked at a student loan servicer, with the actual physical documents… I looked at stuff worse than this. Same hand wrote all of these, and i agree with this interpretation of what is written.
A doctor is a busy person, but spending a few extra seconds to write something more legibly should be very important.
Why on earth does anyone do paper scripts in A.D. 2024 for anything besides maybe "you might have to ask around to find a pharmacy that has this instock"?
As someone who works on the patient facing side of medical insurance, the fact that you have the guess any of these terrifies me. Just as much as a patient calling to scream at me, not understanding why the pharmacy wont fill his script until they speak to his dr because one tab 2x daily is NOT an appropriate dosage instruction for 🤬 viagra exasperates me
It could be if it's for BP or heart conditions. They have a smaller dose that can be twice daily
@@BadBoyBobby85if only that's why he wanted it so badly. BP was an afterthought if it was even a thought at all 😂
@@sirensoundwave 🤷but if you're implying what I'm inferring, that would be overkill and vision problems are always a concern. If a dual dose isn't working for Ed , bigger problems in the heart or the cardiovascular system might be present
@@BadBoyBobby85 Dude did not know that nor did he care when I tried to explain the real possibility of serious complications or 💀. He seemed to just think more equals 💪 longer therefore mission accomplished . That's why those calls terrify me. It's like talking to a brick wall and you just KNOW he's gonna abuse the hell outta those pills and end up in the ER...or morgue with a wicked case of angel lust. But telling him not to is technically not my job.
and this is why I hope to never, ever, ever, ever be on the patient facing side of medical insurance again. It got to the point, I would get anxious every time a member or a doctor (not their office, the doctor themselves) called. I was so glad when I got moved out of doing phones and into a quality-adjacent department.
Thank god most scripts are typed or digital these days. XD
My ENT still gives me paper, but his writing is completely legible
you'd be surprised how many mistakes are still in escripts. Especially when it's nurses who sends in the orders for the doctor's office and they have no idea how to properly write directions
oh and depending on state law. A single page can only contain a max of [certain] number of prescriptions. In my state, the max is 3, rendering this entire prescription illegal since they're trying to write 6 at once
Lovastatin possibly, and the last one could be furosemide. But it wouldn’t make sense to have both lovastatin and Lipitor (atorvastatin), since you’d be doubling up on statins. Iirc bupropion shouldn’t be more than 450 mg daily, so the once a day assessment seems right. But yeah this whole thing needs rewriting/clarification.
Also lovastatin doesn’t come in 100 mg so it can’t be that
I use to write out the prescriptions for my doctor, he'd review and sign.... for this reason. Too many calls from the pharmacist for clarification or new script.
More people die from bad handwriting than meds.
Even in my rural local area , we still have a number of hand written prescriptions roving around. NEVER more than ONE per form.
I think the “Losartan” is actually Lovastatin, not sure tho…
"no patient information" and I can clearly see a phone number.
Ok but it’s clearly not a patient’s phone number, it’s probably for the physicians office.
the phone number was obviously printed on the paper, so it's a doctor's office number. Which is NOT patient info, it's public and does not violate HIPAA
In my state (Ohio) you’re only allowed to write a max of 3 non-controlled prescriptions on a single Rx paper, so this doctor would also be getting called about that
Bristapol? Liprador or Triace? Or what ever them meds are is called that sound like for heart coloestrol and blood pressures meds. That stint regection med?
I have no clue I'm going by other heart bp related meds.
Edit: We have digital and printed scripts here in Australia.
Mine get sent direct to the pharmacy via email or to my mobile phone if I want to use other pharmacies, which is an e-script thing with a code. No paper/handwritten anything.
What do you do if the dr has gone on holidays or not around? Yikes.
Do they write prescriptions by hand in the USA. Here they print them.
Not really unless they don’t prescribe all that frequently or you ask. I was on some prescription eye drops that would run out while traveling and insurance wouldn’t let me refill before leaving as I was on the last of second month of a 3 month prescription so I asked for a paper script so I could fill anywhere. Otherwise they electronically send it in.
You can write multiple meds on the same script?! I've never seen a doc do that before.
Happens all the time 🙃
Mine does it all the time…. Typed up.
Only controls are one per script
See it all the time. It’s really annoying. Especially when they try to cram in as many as possible on one prescription
Multiple meds one paper script? That would throw my red flags.
loratadine?
I can't wait for AI to take over this job and for everything to be typed. This is just stupid.