Medication Problems
If your medications do not seem to be helping you or if you have any unexpected reactions, please call our office immediately. Usually the pharmacist will place an instruction sheet on the medication prescribed and possible reactions and the pharmacist can be a good source of information but we do want you to call us and not wait until the next business day - call immediately. It may be possible you will need a change of medication, an addition to the prescription or need to be seen. Thus, we will need to discuss this with you.

Prescription Refills
The first step in refilling prescriptions is to call the office during regular business hours, Monday - Friday from 8:30 - 5:00. Please remember, prescription refills often take 24 hours to obtain approval, so please call a few days in advance BEFORE your prescription is empty. When calling the office, tell the person answering the telephone you need a prescription refill. At that time, you may speak with a medical assistant or leave them a voicemail message. You will need to provide the patient name and date of birth, prescription needed and the pharmacy name/location and who you are calling and a number where you or the patient can be reached. Please speak clearly so we may identify the patient. Please note, prescriptions are not re-filled after hours, on weekends or holidays.

Our holidays are typically: New Years Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday after, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Years Eve at noon.
If the holiday itself falls on a Saturday, we are closed the Friday before and if the holiday falls on a Sunday, we are closed the following Monday.

Policy on Narcotic Drugs
Our office to include the physicians and the physician assistants do not routinely prescribe narcotics. Narcotics are highly addictive. Prior to or immediately following surgery, a patient may receive a pain relieving medication for a specific period of time and we will not provide refills on these medications. If your condition warrants surgery, we will do so and have medication immediately following surgery but want you to wean off of it as soon as possible. When taking pain medications over a period of time will reduce the effectiveness of the medication. We realize some medical conditions may have permanent pain and the patient must learn to tolerate the pain rather than rely on pain medications. Long term pain patients are referred to a physician specializing in the treatment of managing pain medication treatment.

Our office does not prescribe the following extremely addictive narcotics:
Tylox, Percodan, Dilaudid , Demerol, Morphine.

The Columbus Neurologic Institute, P.C.
Midtown Medical Park
1538 Thirteenth Avenue, Suite B300
Columbus, GA 31901
Phone (706)321-9300
(800)875-1105