ePrescribe: Titration Prescriptions

Titration of a medicine means increasing or decreasing the dose of a medication over a period of time. In PracticeQ, this can be accomplished by adding to the directions line for any medication.  

Note: Only single medications and strengths can be titrated per prescription. To prescribe titrations with multiple strengths, see the bottom of this article.

Please follow this process to create a titration. Below you will find how to optionally STORE this created titration for future use for other patients.

1. From a client's "Prescriptions" tab in their profile
2. Click the green PRESCRIBE NEW DRUG
3. Search for the medication you want to prescribe 
4. Set the desired total quantity
5. On the directions line, you have two options on how to provide the ind:

Option 1: Free From Sig

Click the 'Change to Free Form' button on the directions line:

Next, write whatever titration directions you desire in the directions field (example in red below):

Option 2: Structured SIg

After selecting the medication, click the vertical ellipsis on the directions line and click 'ADD DIRECTION'.  You can add/remove multiple directions lines.

Add 3 directions lines and change the quantity per line. Set the conjunction between the lines (see yellow). 

You can click the other checkboxes next to the fields you want to add to the directions to provide more specific information.

Saving a Custom Format (Titration): 

To save what you have created, click the SAVE CUSTOM FORMAT button on the Quantity bar prior to sending the prescription.  This will store this medication strength with the directions created for future use:

Other Options: 

The above only addresses the SAME medication and the SAME strength and form of the drug (in the example above Celexa 20mg tablet. 

If you need to create an order that has:

Celexa 10mg tablets then Celexa 20mg tablets then Celexa 40mg tablets

1. Create three separate prescriptions using the ADD SPLIT feature or 
2. Create three separate prescriptions with directions appropriate per prescription 
3. Create a COMPOUND and simply label it as desired with the instructions for the titration on that order.