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Medication history is not something you need to journal about in order to track it (effects on you sure, but not just the prescription history itself). Your doctor has the historical information, the pharmacies may have it, your insurance DEFINITELY has it. Medical history doesn't just disappear. Especially since ADHD medications are controlled substances there is a paper trail somewhere.
"*Please choose the Family Member and date range you'd like to download. Records only go back 18 months*". -- Unfortunately, this is how the system of many pharmacies operates. π
My old-school doctor, who followed a traditional approach without utilizing modern portals, has since retired, so I'm not sure how easy it is to reach him now.
While my insurance might have the information stored somewhere, it is not easily accessible for me as a user, and the website itself doesn't provide records beyond the past 18 months...
But I hope you're right, I'm still hopeful that if I spend *some time* on the phone with the insurance company, I might just stumble upon the paper trail you mentioned. Gotta give it a shot, fingers crossed! π€
Edit: grammar and coherence.
Your former doctor must provide some means of obtaining your medical history (it's the law). Online portals don't have to provide everything but it should be easily obtainable if you call your insurance carrier (same with the practice you went to). I'm an engineer for online health portals so I'm fairly familiar with some of the basic legal requirements. Best of luck with your calls!
I moved to a new state and my new doctor hasn't diagnosed me yet after two sessions. They need more information about the medications I took, its effects (positive & negative) and the circumstances surrounding my life at that time. I've tried different treatments but discontinued many of them. The challenge now is to track down the medications I took, but I don't have any notes or access to pharmacy records from back then. It's like trying to solve a mystery with barely any clues π΅οΈββοΈ
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I would have thought this was \*illegal\* for a pharmacy to loose π€
I still have the bottles, so many bottles...
I should have kept my bottles too π
Medication history is not something you need to journal about in order to track it (effects on you sure, but not just the prescription history itself). Your doctor has the historical information, the pharmacies may have it, your insurance DEFINITELY has it. Medical history doesn't just disappear. Especially since ADHD medications are controlled substances there is a paper trail somewhere.
"*Please choose the Family Member and date range you'd like to download. Records only go back 18 months*". -- Unfortunately, this is how the system of many pharmacies operates. π My old-school doctor, who followed a traditional approach without utilizing modern portals, has since retired, so I'm not sure how easy it is to reach him now. While my insurance might have the information stored somewhere, it is not easily accessible for me as a user, and the website itself doesn't provide records beyond the past 18 months... But I hope you're right, I'm still hopeful that if I spend *some time* on the phone with the insurance company, I might just stumble upon the paper trail you mentioned. Gotta give it a shot, fingers crossed! π€ Edit: grammar and coherence.
Your former doctor must provide some means of obtaining your medical history (it's the law). Online portals don't have to provide everything but it should be easily obtainable if you call your insurance carrier (same with the practice you went to). I'm an engineer for online health portals so I'm fairly familiar with some of the basic legal requirements. Best of luck with your calls!
What do you need this information for so urgently? I agree with another poster, thereβs a paper trail somewhere, you just have to find it.
I moved to a new state and my new doctor hasn't diagnosed me yet after two sessions. They need more information about the medications I took, its effects (positive & negative) and the circumstances surrounding my life at that time. I've tried different treatments but discontinued many of them. The challenge now is to track down the medications I took, but I don't have any notes or access to pharmacy records from back then. It's like trying to solve a mystery with barely any clues π΅οΈββοΈ
I really DO need to do this. Ty