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I check it here.Possibly mandating that before any controlled substance is rx'd the doctor has to check PDMP (I believe state of new york does this, someone correct me if I'm wrong). Just caught a guy yesterday who's filled 14 months of xanax 2mg this year alone. Was using different pharmacies but all from the same doctor. I called the doctor and the nurse says "this is why i like xyz pharmacy because you guys are so good at catching this". I wanted to be like, uh you can check this database too you know. Few months ago had an rx faxed to me for valium. in the special comments it says "please make sure patient is not getting from multiple doctors". Check PDMP, what do you know, pt is getting from multiple doctors.
As far as improper prescribing goes, I think harsher punishments and more frequent monitoring of physicians prescribing would maybe curb overprescribing. I've read a lot of the disciplinary records for physicians here in Florida and a lot of the time they just get a fine and a mandate to take some CE hours regarding ethics and proper prescribing. It also takes on average I believe around a year and a half for the board to actually do something from when they receive a complaint. You can put a lot of drugs in the community in a year and a half.
And thank you for everything you wrote. makes sense.