[NPInfo] RE: Prescription pads questions

[Thiem]

Wow!  I'm surprised that Medical Arts is not taking orders.  I had some delay in getting mine due to the safety features but I had not heard that they weren't available.

The non-physician discrimination does not surprise me.  Until we are entered into pharmacy databases as prescribers, independent of collaborating and supervising physicians, pharmaceutical companies will not be able to determine our prescribing patterns and, subsequently, the value of marketing to us.  

Although you are independent in your state, there are so many of us who are not.  There is not parity in our treatment.

Laura, NP

Anne Chamberlain <aec417 at comcast.net> wrote:
Anne responding: 

Barb - I will check out Print Source. Didn't know about this one.

Laura - I already tried Medical Arts Press - they are currently not taken
new orders "until further notice". Any other ideas I'd appreciate. I think
what really bothers me is that we are prescribing all the medications out
there just like the docs are, but yet Medi-Script refuses (via their
pharmacy reps) to provide their service to us. 

I will pay for them, if needed.  That's actually not my issue.  I guess my
real concern is that Medi-Scripts and the drug companies are withholding
product from me (and others) because we are NP's and not MD's.   Seems
wrong.