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[DYSPHAGIA] Thick It Prescriptions


  • Subject: [DYSPHAGIA] Thick It Prescriptions
  • From: dsmcslp@hotmail.com (DSMC Speech)
  • Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 16:15:04 MST

I feel a bit "unsophisticated" here, but I tell my patients that they can 
get Thick-It at the local drug store.  It's available OTC at drugstores here 
in Arizona, and I believe the cost for a small 8oz can is less expensive 
than the co-pay on most prescriptions.

Respectfully,

Denise Stats-Caldwell, CCC-SLP
Desert Samaritan Medical Center


>From: "Holland, Bridgett" <blhollan@utmb.edu>
>To: dysphagia@medonline.com
>Subject: [DYSPHAGIA] Thick It Prescriptions
>Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 07:49:19 -0600
>
>I am curious as to how other SLP's handle obtaining "Thick-It" for 
>patients,
>specifically when the patient is seen for an outpatient MBS, and require a
>prescription in order to obtain reimbursement from insurance.  In the past
>I've always called the referring physician, to give them the results of the
>MBS, and have them issue the prescription.  Recently a referring physician
>(not the child's PCP), a neurologist, stated that he thought the SLP should
>just write it since it is a non-drug product.  Can SLP's write 
>prescriptions
>for Thick-It?  I've always thought "No," but we do write prescritions for
>other products (laryngectomy supplies).
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