Telephone prescription renewals are generally not done except under extenuating circumstances. The vast majority of physicians offices will not renew prescriptions by telephone.

Prescriptions are generally written with enough medication and renewals to last you until such a time as your medical condition warrants re-assessment. This time frame may be as short as a few days or as long as a year. If your prescription is due it means that we need to re-assess your medical need for that drug, at that dose, or for the appearance of side effects which you may or may not have symptoms that you will recognize. It is simply not safe to renew prescriptions by telephone and it is not in your best medical interests to do this.

Please make an appointment to renew your prescriptions before they run out and while you have lots of time to be seen in the office and have them re-prescribed. It is also important that you advise Dr. Kelpin , when you are in the office, of any prescriptions which are coming due in the near future so he can renew your prescriptions without a return visit.

Please note that we generally will not renew medications for spouses or other family members without that patient being in attendance to assess the condition for which they are being treated. This may seem inconvenient for you at times but to do otherwise would not be good medical care.