FDA medication guides

[Don Coleman]

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Rasmussen [mailto:ras at anzio.com] 
Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:49 AM
To: Don Coleman
Cc: filePro List
Subject: Re: FDA medication guides

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Don Coleman wrote:

> For my pharmacy client I need to begin printing a medication guide
> automatically whenever certain medications are dispensed and shipped.
> Currently there are three (3) classes of medications with between 1-15
drugs
> per class that I need to do this for.  These medication guides are similar
> to the package inserts you may receive with a newly filled prescription
but
> with less technical (layman) information.  These guides would be single
page
> forms identical to each other except for the Patient Name, Prescription #,
> Drug Name & #, Date Filled.  This information would need to come from
within
> my fP application.
>
> My question is would it be best to develop this form as a filePro form, a
> Word document or a PDF document.  Whichever type it is, I would print it
> from a system call during the delivery sheet printing process.
>
> I am cc to Bob Rasmussen as well since I use Print Wizard to handle all
> print jobs at this client.  All suggestions appreciated.

I little more information please. How dynamic are these sheets? Do you
want to string the info for multiple meds together, or do a separate sheet
per med?

Regards,
....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.

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Bob:

The guide for each med in each class will be identical except for the
limited patient & drug info to be shown at the top.  FDA is requiring each
patient to receive a separate guide for each of the appropriate drugs.  So
if the patient is taking three med's which qualify in a particular class
that patient must receive three copies (one for each med) each time that
prescription is filled.  The unfortunate thing is that 99.9% of these sheets
will be thrown away as soon as the shipment is opened.  The only reason for
doing this is FDA rules and liability issues.

Don Coleman