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  • Look through your dispensary records and see how many specials your patients have had over the last few weeks or months. How do they compare price-wise to their off-the-shelf equivalents?
  • What are the reasons for these patients having been prescribed a special? Can you think of any more?
  • Look at the website of the Association of Pharmaceutical Specials Manufacturers, and specifically the sections titled “Types of specials” and “Who needs specials and why”
  • Correct reimbursement for specials is a priority so read the information on this topic, particularly on endorsing prescriptions before submitting them for payment, from PSNC 
  • Did you know that splitting or crushing a tablet, or emptying the contents of a capsule, effectively makes that product into a special? Read more about this, and the issues this practice presents, via the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
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