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I'm trying to get all my ducks in a row for my 3rd class renewal and am not sure which doctor should put this in his status report. Back in September I was prescribed Prevacid with 5 refills by my gastroenterologist for mild gastritis (no diagnosis of GERD). I haven't seen that doctor since then. I have also been seeing an ENT for allergies and a pulmonologist for mild intermittent and mostly exercise-induced asthma. At my last visit to the ENT in February I had just had an attack of acute bronchitis and a couple of days of mild asthma symptoms requiring occasional use of Proventil (very much not my norm, I usually only use it before working out in cold weather). The ENT decided that because of the gastritis history, I MIGHT have some small degree of reflux, and since reflux can aggravate asthma, he wrote me another Prevacid script to make sure I didn't run out.
I have a good status letter from the pulmonologist already. Unfortunately the GE doesn't return my calls (it's a mega practice, he may not even be getting the messages). The only other medication the GE has me on is Amitiza for constipation. My AME already called OKC about the Amitiza and said it was no problem, but wasn't clear on whether I needed a status report for it (he said "it couldn't hurt"). So my questions are:
1. Do I need a status report from my GE for the Amitiza?
2. Can my ENT write the Prevacid into his allergies status report or does the GE have to justify that as the original prescribing physician? If the ENT can write it, what should it say?
If I need a report from the GE I will get it, it's just a bit of a hassle. Oh but for the days when a call to the doctor's would get returned the same day! Now it seems I'm lucky if it's the same month...
I have a good status letter from the pulmonologist already. Unfortunately the GE doesn't return my calls (it's a mega practice, he may not even be getting the messages). The only other medication the GE has me on is Amitiza for constipation. My AME already called OKC about the Amitiza and said it was no problem, but wasn't clear on whether I needed a status report for it (he said "it couldn't hurt"). So my questions are:
1. Do I need a status report from my GE for the Amitiza?
2. Can my ENT write the Prevacid into his allergies status report or does the GE have to justify that as the original prescribing physician? If the ENT can write it, what should it say?
If I need a report from the GE I will get it, it's just a bit of a hassle. Oh but for the days when a call to the doctor's would get returned the same day! Now it seems I'm lucky if it's the same month...