I write the contolled substances because I DO NOT want another printer, nor do I want to buy the special RX paper that fits in the printer. I have done that before and it has been of no benefit. The 3 rx I may have to write in 1 wk does not inconvenience me. I save space in the reception area and rx paper is not left unsupervised, sitting in a printer. The pad remains in my pocket only. Can you tell that I have had staff steal rx and write illegal narcotics? (The police arrested her but the DEA did little and I believe she did no jail time!)No one touches the rx pad in my office but me!
So lets add another layer. Now the patients want me to hand write all of their otc's on rx so that their HSA (health spending accounts) will cover the cost of their allergy pills, etc. So now I pay to have an emr and eprescribe and am forced to hand write baloney. What fun!
