Let's please remove males from all needless monitoring requirements.
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Lisa Pawelski, MD
11 years ago
I spend more time administering and apologizing for poorly-written and ineffective iPledge than makes any reasonable sense. The suggested changes are evidence-based and far past due.
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Mark Herron
11 years ago
Dear FDA, please make this easier. There is no need for depression on this consent. Thanks.
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Gabrielle Benuska
11 years ago
I wish iPledge could be modified more drastically. I am currently taking isotretinoin and the hoops I need to jump through to get my refills are far too ridiculous. My Derm did her part and gave me the necessary tests and sent in my prescription to the Pharmacy, and I did my part and completed my online quiz. But apparently I didn't do the quiz early enough because when I went to pick up my refill on the 7th day, the Pharmacist couldn't give it to me because they didn't have it!! Now I have to go through the process all over again, for something that isn't my fault, which is a massive waste of my time and money and my Derm's time and money. Pharmacists should be able to order our refills after doctors send in the prescription, even if the patient hasn't done the quiz yet because there is an assumption that the patient will still need their prescription at some point in that month even if they miss their 7-day window. Patients shouldn't be penalized for something that was someone else's fault in the system.
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selig eisenerg m.d.
11 years ago
concur with viewpoint
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ronald brancaccio
11 years ago
I agree that these changes should be implemented in the iPledge system.
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Candace Spann
11 years ago
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iPledge has created countless wasted manhours and wasted resources in my practice. It is an unnecessary headache. Isotretinoin is a great medication when used appropriately. Just as we routinely prescribe other medications that have many potential side effects, we should be able to prescribe Isotretinoin without all of the bureaucracy. As physicians, we are more than capable of educating our patients.
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Andrew Tegeder, MD
11 years ago
Time to change this cumbersome and ineffective program!
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joey banks
11 years ago
I am a family physician and reproductive care provider. I have been prescribing isotretinoin for years safely. I always suggest LARCs when talking with female clients about safe contraception for them during use. I think the IPledge program is redundant and busy work for my office and patients. I would like to see it streamlined. It would make it easier to prescribe and spend more time on really counselling.
I agree that the iPledge program could benefit from some significant changes.
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Tonya
11 years ago
Time for change!!!!
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Elizabeth Foley
11 years ago
The AAP now considers IUDs or subdermal implants the
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Jack S Resneck,Sr. MD
11 years ago
Agree wholehearedly with suggestions for change.
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steven emmet
11 years ago
iPledge has proven to add to expense and not help the health of patients
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David Soleymani
11 years ago
Total waste of time and money. Don't change iPledge, end it now!
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diane thaler md faad
11 years ago
the real reason for iPledge was antiabortion , not prevention of pregnancy. it was initiated by born again christians who thought this a way to discourage use of a drug that a rare patient would abort on. a despicable socio-political move that has left many a scarred psychologically and physically patient suffer. the government contractor makes millions off of the backs of suffering patients and overburdened physicians. anyone who was in on the committee processes is aware of the antiabortion not anti pregnancy discriminatory aim of iPledge. after watching some of the testimony I had the sinking feeling that one of the docs who testified for it from I believe the FDA wished on others the suffering he had that scarred his face when he was an adolescent.
Let's please remove males from all needless monitoring requirements.
I spend more time administering and apologizing for poorly-written and ineffective iPledge than makes any reasonable sense. The suggested changes are evidence-based and far past due.
Dear FDA, please make this easier. There is no need for depression on this consent. Thanks.
I wish iPledge could be modified more drastically. I am currently taking isotretinoin and the hoops I need to jump through to get my refills are far too ridiculous. My Derm did her part and gave me the necessary tests and sent in my prescription to the Pharmacy, and I did my part and completed my online quiz. But apparently I didn't do the quiz early enough because when I went to pick up my refill on the 7th day, the Pharmacist couldn't give it to me because they didn't have it!! Now I have to go through the process all over again, for something that isn't my fault, which is a massive waste of my time and money and my Derm's time and money. Pharmacists should be able to order our refills after doctors send in the prescription, even if the patient hasn't done the quiz yet because there is an assumption that the patient will still need their prescription at some point in that month even if they miss their 7-day window. Patients shouldn't be penalized for something that was someone else's fault in the system.
concur with viewpoint
I agree that these changes should be implemented in the iPledge system.
iPledge has created countless wasted manhours and wasted resources in my practice. It is an unnecessary headache. Isotretinoin is a great medication when used appropriately. Just as we routinely prescribe other medications that have many potential side effects, we should be able to prescribe Isotretinoin without all of the bureaucracy. As physicians, we are more than capable of educating our patients.
Time to change this cumbersome and ineffective program!
I am a family physician and reproductive care provider. I have been prescribing isotretinoin for years safely. I always suggest LARCs when talking with female clients about safe contraception for them during use. I think the IPledge program is redundant and busy work for my office and patients. I would like to see it streamlined. It would make it easier to prescribe and spend more time on really counselling.
Men shouldn't be required to join ipledge
Please make this more logical
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I agree that the iPledge program could benefit from some significant changes.
Time for change!!!!
The AAP now considers IUDs or subdermal implants the
Agree wholehearedly with suggestions for change.
iPledge has proven to add to expense and not help the health of patients
Total waste of time and money. Don't change iPledge, end it now!
the real reason for iPledge was antiabortion , not prevention of pregnancy. it was initiated by born again christians who thought this a way to discourage use of a drug that a rare patient would abort on. a despicable socio-political move that has left many a scarred psychologically and physically patient suffer. the government contractor makes millions off of the backs of suffering patients and overburdened physicians. anyone who was in on the committee processes is aware of the antiabortion not anti pregnancy discriminatory aim of iPledge. after watching some of the testimony I had the sinking feeling that one of the docs who testified for it from I believe the FDA wished on others the suffering he had that scarred his face when he was an adolescent.
Viva la resistance!