I agree Tom. I also tell the pharmacy to tell the patient their insurance company will not pay for my drug of choice. If they want to bring me in a list of alternatives I will discuss with them if I think they are appropriate substitutes.

Leslie
Hospital Employed Physician Who Misses The Old AC

"It's a good thing for a doctor to have prematurely grey hair and itching piles. It makes him appear to know more than he does and gives him an expression of concern which the patient interprets as being on his behalf. "