"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "Doris Night" > wrote in message
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>> On Sun, 15 May 2016 15:38:28 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 2016-05-15 10:04 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>> Used to be doctors wrote Rx
>>>>> with a pen on paper but now they are *required* to send Rx
>>>>> electronically. Try to remember when you last received anything
>>>>> handwritten via snail mail.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That must depend on where you are. Doctors still write prescriptions
>>>> with
>>>> pen and paper here. We frequently receive hand written notes and
>>>> letters.
>>>> My wife and one sister in law both went to the same private school and
>>>> the
>>>> seem to live to send hand written notes.
>>>
>>>No hand written here. In fact they are almost always sent straight to
>>>the
>>>pharmacy. I have been told that controlled substances are an exception.
>>>They can not be sent electronically.
>>
>> My doctor prints them out, signs them, then hands them to me. I
>> currently have 2 printed prescriptions in my wallet that I haven't
>> filled yet because they are refills for stuff that hasn't run out yet.
>> No point getting them refilled too early because they have a pretty
>> short expiry.
>
> They write out refills? Here, those are done electronically too.

We can order refills at the pharmacy who takes the prescriptions to the
doctors. The pharmacy collects them and have the meds bagged up for us to
collect.


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