Follow-up appointments are essential for good medical care. For example, at these appointments, you and your doctor may:
- Monitor chronic or medical conditions
- Evaluate if an acute condition has approved, stabilized, or worsened
- Review lab results
- Monitor and make adjustments to your therapy as appropriate
- Refill medication *
Some medications in California fall under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), which categorizes medications based on the drug’s medical use, potential abuse, and safety or dependence liability, including medications for
The above medications are strictly controlled and require consistent and frequent monitoring through your physician. If you have not had either a virtual appointment or an in-person appointment with your doctor in the past three months and need a controlled substance refill, you will need to make an appointment.
