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Every prescription I've received in the last several years had two signature lines. If the doctor signs on one, it's "dispense as written", and if they sign the
by delecti 8y ago
Every prescription I've received in the last several years had two signature lines. If the doctor signs on one, it's "dispense as written", and if they sign the other it's "substitution permitted". So it's not like they have to do something special to get DAW.
- mikeyouse 8y agoBut how many of the prescriptions you received had the signature on the DAW line? It's typically very uncommon. In fact, in the hospital setting, a portion of a Physician's reimbursement is tied to the ratio of generics to brand name drugs that their patients were given. I'm not sure if this is the case for outpatient stuff, but internists are absolutely incentivized to prescribe generics.
- delecti 8y agoNone, but that's not the point. I was just saying that there's not an extra hurdle to prescribe DAW like you were implying.