Med changes over the phone

Working in a rural clinic seeing kids/adolescents. Since the beginning i'm getting bombarded with calls with patients expecting med changes/adjustments. "xyz kid is not doing well and so change a med", often times can't get the kids in sooner due to fuller schedule. The times i do get them in earlier they are 50% no-show. I take it PP mostly does not allow any med changes without appointments but wanted to see how the community handles such requests? PS: i was stricter in the beginning... Read more
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