Wisconsin may have an online statewide prescription drug monitoring program as early as next year, according to a Reedsburg Times-Press report. Pharmacies will begin submitting data for the system this fall.
There is currently no centralized system for tracking prescriptions in Wisconsin, which critics say enables patients to fill painkiller prescriptions at multiple pharmacies or receive them from several different physicians.
"We have a responsibility to the patients we treat, but on the flip side, the patients have a responsibility to their doctors to tell the truth to all of the questions we ask," said Dr. David Bryce, a pain management physician at Advanced Pain Management in Madison. "Sometimes we need to ask more questions before we prescribe these types of medications."
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There is currently no centralized system for tracking prescriptions in Wisconsin, which critics say enables patients to fill painkiller prescriptions at multiple pharmacies or receive them from several different physicians.
"We have a responsibility to the patients we treat, but on the flip side, the patients have a responsibility to their doctors to tell the truth to all of the questions we ask," said Dr. David Bryce, a pain management physician at Advanced Pain Management in Madison. "Sometimes we need to ask more questions before we prescribe these types of medications."
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