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When ordering new prescription pads, should the prescriber remove the Dispense as Written and Virginia Voluntary Formulary boxes from new prescription pads?

April 26, 2017dispense ordering pads prescriber prescription remove Virginia Voluntary written

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When ordering new prescription pads, should the prescriber remove the Dispense as Written and Virginia Voluntary Formulary boxes from new prescription pads?

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A. Yes. After July 1, 2006, the Dispense as Written box will not prohibit substitution with a therapeutically equivalent drug, and the Virginia Voluntary Formulary is no longer recognized as the standard of therapeutic equivalence. The new standard is FDA’s Orange Book which can be found on-line.