Good policy. I don't prescribe after hours either. Sorry if I gave that impression.
But, I did have to change my policy with the answering service. It was...NO refills after hours EXCEPT asthma meds. But, then, they would hear any medication, like "Dr. Adams usually calls in Prednisone for asthma/croup/poison ivy or Tylenol w/codeine for severe cough and they take that as a "refill." And, I can't blame them. It's too much for them to discern.
So, now they page them out, and I decide.
But, you know, when the patient washes the kid's jeans and the Klonopin gets wet, and they go to dry them and they fall down the sink, and they retrieve them, but then they are stolen, I just believe them and write for more.
