Online Prescription Refills
I can help you get additional refills for existing medications.
I can NOT write new prescriptions or make large dosage changes.
Sometimes its an easy thing. You have the meds, like the dose, and just need a refill.
I can certainly help get you set up with a refill of a long running prescription thru a quick online visit and a few records checks.
For safety reasons I will not be able to offer new prescriptions, significant dosage changes, or long running refill quantities or timeframes.
I also will not be able to make any dosage changes when refilling psychiatric medications.
Generally speaking, this less expensive and quicker service is for refills only. New prescriptions or substantial changes will require an Online Doctors Visit.
I am an ER doctor and am comfortable offering treatment to all ages (pediatrics to geriatrics), all genders including non-binary individuals, and pregnant persons.
I’m able to prescribe most medications but there are a few important exceptions:
- No Controlled Substances – it is illegal on telemedicine to prescribe controlled substances such as benzodiazepines (e.g. Xanax) and opioids (e.g. Norco).
- No sleeping medications for insomnia such as Ambien or Trazodone. We can talk about sleep hygiene and discuss how to use over the counter sleeping medications, but I cannot prescribe prescription sleeping medications.
- New Psychiatric medications – I generally will not initiate a new psychiatric medication which includes SSRIs such as Prozac, SNRIs, buspirone, bupropion, “mood stabilizers” such as lithium or Depakote, antipsychotics, and tricyclic antidepressants. If you are currently taking these medications and simply need a refill, you must provide proof of your previous prescription before I refill your prescription.
- Neuropathic Pain Medications such gabapentin: I generally will not initiate new neuropathic pain medications. If you are currently taking these medications and simply need a refill, you must provide proof of your previous prescription before I refill your prescription
This fee or service is only appropriate for prescription refills provided there are not other new medical questions. Otherwise you should schedule an online doctors visit.
15 minutes for $40
Who is this Doctor?
I’m Michael Griesinger, MD an emergency physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of California.
I am an ABEM (American Board of Emergency Medicine) certified Emergency Medicine Physician.
I graduated from Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University and completed my residency training at the Emergency Medicine residency program of the State of University of New York at Downstate and Kings County Hospital in central Brooklyn.
I am also fellowship trained in Emergency Ultrasonography by Kaiser Permanente of San Diego.
I continue to practice as an emergency medicine provider in Southern California and am now providing telemedicine consultations to all residents in the State of California.
