When should Patient Package Inserts (PPI) be given to patients?

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When should Patient Package Inserts (PPI) be given to patients?

PPI are safety-focused inserts that accompany certain prescribed drugs, and the rule is to provide them whenever the drug is dispensed. This means you give the patient the PPI with every dispensing—both a new prescription and any refills—so the patient always has the most current safety information at hand each time they receive the medication. If a drug isn’t on the PPI-required list, no insert is needed; but for drugs that do require a PPI, it should be given with every dispensing, not just the first time or only in special settings like hospitalization.

PPI are safety-focused inserts that accompany certain prescribed drugs, and the rule is to provide them whenever the drug is dispensed. This means you give the patient the PPI with every dispensing—both a new prescription and any refills—so the patient always has the most current safety information at hand each time they receive the medication. If a drug isn’t on the PPI-required list, no insert is needed; but for drugs that do require a PPI, it should be given with every dispensing, not just the first time or only in special settings like hospitalization.

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