Medication and Forms
Medications and Refills
Please learn your child’s medications, including names and dosages. If you can’t remember (or can’t pronounce) medication names, write them down or bring all medications to your appointments. Both prescription and over the counter medications have many different formulations; informing your doctor of which medications your child is on can help with both diagnosis and further treatment.
During your visit, your doctor will most likely "e-prescribe" meaning send your prescription online through our electronic health record directly to your pharmacy. Please provide the name and location of your preferred pharmacy during your visit.
Refill requests for chronic medications can be made by calling your pharmacy. They can contact East Bay Pediatrics through our electronic health record. If your refills have expired, you can send a portal message request or call our nurses through the phone advice lines. Please be ready to give your child’s name, date of birth, medication name and dose, and your pharmacy name and location.
Chronic medications including asthma medications, birth control pills and acne medications will not be refilled if your child has not had a physical exam in over one year. In general, antibiotics and controlled medications will not be refilled without your child being seen by a pediatrician.
ADHD Medications usually can only be prescribed up to three months ahead. If your child is up to date on both annual physical exams and medication review visits (scheduled appointments at least every 6 months), your child’s ADHD medication prescriptions can be ordered at the pharmacy. We cannot guarantee that we can electronically prescribe to pharmacies outside of California. Urgent requests for ADHD medications must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Please remember that ADHD medications cannot be refilled. You must ask the pharmacist to “fill the medication on hold” for the patient.
Medical Records
A records release form must be completed or a signed note from the parent, with your name, complete address, the names of each patient whose records are to be released and the physician, health care provider, or other medical facility and the complete address to whom the records are to be released. A summary is usually sufficient for transfer of records and is sent free of charge. Full records will incur a fee. Records will be released within 15 business days. We do not fax medical records (see our privacy section).
Camp and School Forms
A completed generic camp/school form is provided at every well visit for children 4 years and older free of charge. This form can be used for most school and camp applications. Specific camp or school forms brought to the practice during a patient’s well visit will not incur any fees.
Camp or school forms not presented at the time of a well visit may be sent to the practice by mail, in person, or by the patient portal. A processing fee will be assessed for completion of these forms. Medication forms will not incur this fee. Please allow 10-14 days for your form to be processed. Urgent form requests will incur additional fees.
Please learn your child’s medications, including names and dosages. If you can’t remember (or can’t pronounce) medication names, write them down or bring all medications to your appointments. Both prescription and over the counter medications have many different formulations; informing your doctor of which medications your child is on can help with both diagnosis and further treatment.
During your visit, your doctor will most likely "e-prescribe" meaning send your prescription online through our electronic health record directly to your pharmacy. Please provide the name and location of your preferred pharmacy during your visit.
Refill requests for chronic medications can be made by calling your pharmacy. They can contact East Bay Pediatrics through our electronic health record. If your refills have expired, you can send a portal message request or call our nurses through the phone advice lines. Please be ready to give your child’s name, date of birth, medication name and dose, and your pharmacy name and location.
Chronic medications including asthma medications, birth control pills and acne medications will not be refilled if your child has not had a physical exam in over one year. In general, antibiotics and controlled medications will not be refilled without your child being seen by a pediatrician.
ADHD Medications usually can only be prescribed up to three months ahead. If your child is up to date on both annual physical exams and medication review visits (scheduled appointments at least every 6 months), your child’s ADHD medication prescriptions can be ordered at the pharmacy. We cannot guarantee that we can electronically prescribe to pharmacies outside of California. Urgent requests for ADHD medications must be made at least 24 hours in advance. Please remember that ADHD medications cannot be refilled. You must ask the pharmacist to “fill the medication on hold” for the patient.
Medical Records
A records release form must be completed or a signed note from the parent, with your name, complete address, the names of each patient whose records are to be released and the physician, health care provider, or other medical facility and the complete address to whom the records are to be released. A summary is usually sufficient for transfer of records and is sent free of charge. Full records will incur a fee. Records will be released within 15 business days. We do not fax medical records (see our privacy section).
Camp and School Forms
A completed generic camp/school form is provided at every well visit for children 4 years and older free of charge. This form can be used for most school and camp applications. Specific camp or school forms brought to the practice during a patient’s well visit will not incur any fees.
Camp or school forms not presented at the time of a well visit may be sent to the practice by mail, in person, or by the patient portal. A processing fee will be assessed for completion of these forms. Medication forms will not incur this fee. Please allow 10-14 days for your form to be processed. Urgent form requests will incur additional fees.
