Fewer and fewer doctors’ offices are now willing to prescribe opioids. At OMG, we continue to prescribe opioids, but we can do so ONLY IF we can show that the medications we prescribe are being taken properly. Making sure medications are being taken properly is known as compliance monitoring and it is at the core of what we do. We use several tools, but there are three main ones.
Pill counts
How we do pill counts:
What we do when you are short depends on how many you are short by, how often you are short, the results of your drug tests, etc. However, we do not replace missing pills. Therefore, if you are short by 3 pills, your next prescription will have 3 pills less to make up for the missing pills. Also, be aware that insurance companies do not pay for early fills if you overtake.
Drug testing
Drug testing is a crucial part of compliance monitoring. We do not report your drug tests to anyone without your express permission, including probation officers, DCS workers, or even family. We do not do drug tests to “catch” bad things – you will never be dismissed no matter what we find on drug testing.
We ask you to declare any drugs or medications you have taken in the past 3 days.
We use 2 kinds of drug testing: screening tests that give us immediate results but are less accurate, and confirmatory tests that are highly accurate but takes several days to come back.
Please always arrive for your appointment ready to provide a urine sample.
Please understand that the collection technicians who collect your samples do NOT work for OMG but work for the Lab
Prescription Database
All controlled drugs prescribed to you should show up in the Indiana Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database, known as INSPECT. We check this record before every appointment. We also have the ability to check the record of neighboring states.
Pill counts
How we do pill counts:
- We know how many pills you were prescribed and when you picked them up
- We know how many pills you are allowed to take in a day
- We know how many days have passed since your last refill
- We calculate how many pills you should have remaining
What we do when you are short depends on how many you are short by, how often you are short, the results of your drug tests, etc. However, we do not replace missing pills. Therefore, if you are short by 3 pills, your next prescription will have 3 pills less to make up for the missing pills. Also, be aware that insurance companies do not pay for early fills if you overtake.
Drug testing
Drug testing is a crucial part of compliance monitoring. We do not report your drug tests to anyone without your express permission, including probation officers, DCS workers, or even family. We do not do drug tests to “catch” bad things – you will never be dismissed no matter what we find on drug testing.
We ask you to declare any drugs or medications you have taken in the past 3 days.
We use 2 kinds of drug testing: screening tests that give us immediate results but are less accurate, and confirmatory tests that are highly accurate but takes several days to come back.
Please always arrive for your appointment ready to provide a urine sample.
Please understand that the collection technicians who collect your samples do NOT work for OMG but work for the Lab
Prescription Database
All controlled drugs prescribed to you should show up in the Indiana Prescription Drug Monitoring Program database, known as INSPECT. We check this record before every appointment. We also have the ability to check the record of neighboring states.