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- Overview
- Prevention
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Alternative Names
Prescriptions - how to fill; Medications - how to get prescription filled; Drugs - how to get prescription filled; Pharmacy - mail order; Pharmacy - internet; Types of pharmacies
Information
Your health care provider may give you a prescription in different ways, including:
- Writing out a prescription that you then take to a pharmacy
- Calling or e-mailing a pharmacy to order the medication
- Submitting your prescription electronically, which means a computer at your provider's office--most often an electronic medical record (EMR)--will send the prescription to your pharmacy
You also need to find out whether your health plan will pay for the medicine your health care provider prescribed. Certain types or brands of medication may not be covered.
Once you receive a prescription from your health care provider, you may buy the medication from various sources.
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Review Date: 02/07/2011
Reviewed By: Linda Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of
Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington School of
Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director,
A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
