ROBERT POLLMANN PA-C
Prescription History 1528045283
Physician Assistant in Boise, ID
Quality Rating: 77.9 out of 100 score
NPI Status: Active since December 23, 2005
Contact Information
1055 N CURTIS ROAD
BOISE, ID
ZIP 83706
Phone: (208) 367-4030
Fax: (208) 367-4051
Prescription History for Informed Healthcare Decisions
When choosing a healthcare provider, especially one who prescribes medications, having access to their prescribing history can be invaluable. This page offers detailed insights into the prescriptions ROBERT POLLMANN PA-C has written for Medicare beneficiaries in the past, empowering both current and prospective patients to make informed decisions about their healthcare.
Why This Information Matters
This Medicare Part D dataset provides transparency into the provider’s prescribing patterns, helping you understand the scope and nature of their pharmaceutical care. Here’s what you can learn:
- Prescribing Trends: See which medications—both generic and brand-name—this provider has most frequently prescribed.
- Specialization Insights: The types of drugs prescribed can give insight into the provider’s areas of focus or specialization, whether it’s managing chronic conditions, addressing acute illnesses, or providing preventive care.
- Cost Awareness: Learn about the total drug costs associated with these prescriptions, which may help you anticipate your own costs and coverage needs.
- Patient-Centered Decision Making: Understanding a provider’s prescribing practices helps you align their expertise with your health goals, ensuring the care you receive is consistent with your expectations.
- Generic Name
- Baclofen
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 54
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 62.7
- What is this prescription?
- A GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID derivative that is a specific agonist of GABA-B RECEPTORS. It is used in the treatment of MUSCLE SPASTICITY, especially that due to SPINAL CORD INJURIES. Its therapeutic effects result from actions at spinal and supraspinal sites, generally the reduction of excitatory transmission.
- What is this prescription used for?
- Baclofen is used to treat muscle spasms caused by certain conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury/disease). It works by helping to relax the muscles.
- Generic Name
- Carisoprodol
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 14
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 14
- What is this prescription?
- A centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant whose mechanism of action is not completely understood but may be related to its sedative actions. It is used as an adjunct in the symptomatic treatment of musculoskeletal conditions associated with painful muscle spasm. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1202)
- What is this prescription used for?
- Carisoprodol is used short-term to treat muscle pain and discomfort. It is usually used along with rest, physical therapy, and other treatments. It works by helping to relax the muscles.
- Generic Name
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 63
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 77
- What is this prescription used for?
- Cyclobenzaprine is used short-term to treat muscle spasms. It is usually used along with rest and physical therapy. It works by helping to relax the muscles. This medication is not recommended for use in older adults because they may be at greater risk for side effects while using this drug. Ask the doctor or pharmacist for details.
- Generic Name
- Diclofenac Sodium
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 14
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 24.7
- What is this prescription?
- A non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent (NSAID) with antipyretic and analgesic actions. It is primarily available as the sodium salt.
- What is this prescription used for?
- See also Warning section. This medication is used to relieve joint pain from arthritis. Diclofenac belongs to a class of drugs known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). If you are treating a chronic condition such as arthritis, ask your doctor about non-drug treatments and/or using other medications to treat your pain.
- Generic Name
- Duloxetine Hcl
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 21
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 28
- What is this prescription?
- A thiophene derivative and selective NEUROTRANSMITTER UPTAKE INHIBITOR for SEROTONIN and NORADRENALINE (SNRI). It is an ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENT and ANXIOLYTIC, and is also used for the treatment of pain in patients with DIABETES MELLITUS and FIBROMYALGIA.
- What is this prescription used for?
- Duloxetine is used to treat depression and anxiety. In addition, duloxetine is used to help relieve nerve pain (peripheral neuropathy) in people with diabetes or ongoing pain due to medical conditions such as arthritis, chronic back pain, or fibromyalgia (a condition that causes widespread pain). Duloxetine may improve your mood, sleep, appetite, and energy level, and decrease nervousness. It can also decrease pain due to certain medical conditions. Duloxetine is known as a serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI). This medication works by helping to restore the balance of certain natural substances (serotonin and norepinephrine) in the brain.
- Generic Name
- Fentanyl
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 29
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 29
- What is this prescription?
- A potent narcotic analgesic, abuse of which leads to habituation or addiction. It is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. Fentanyl is also used as an adjunct to general anesthetics, and as an anesthetic for induction and maintenance. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1078)
- What is this prescription used for?
- This medication is used to help relieve severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer). Fentanyl belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. Do not use the patch form of fentanyl to relieve pain that is mild or that will go away in a few days. This medication is not for occasional (as needed) use.
- Generic Name
- Gabapentin
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 121
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 147.4
- What is this prescription?
- A cyclohexane-gamma-aminobutyric acid derivative that is used for the treatment of PARTIAL SEIZURES; NEURALGIA; and RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME.
- What is this prescription used for?
- Gabapentin is used with other medications to prevent and control seizures. It is also used to relieve nerve pain following shingles (a painful rash due to herpes zoster infection) in adults. Gabapentin is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug.
- Generic Name
- Hydrocodone/Acetaminophen
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 435
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 435
- What is this prescription used for?
- This combination medication is used to relieve moderate to severe pain. It contains an opioid pain reliever (hydrocodone) and a non-opioid pain reliever (acetaminophen). Hydrocodone works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. Acetaminophen can also reduce a fever.
- Generic Name
- Morphine Sulfate
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 74
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 74
- What is this prescription?
- The principal alkaloid in opium and the prototype opiate analgesic and narcotic. Morphine has widespread effects in the central nervous system and on smooth muscle.
- What is this prescription used for?
- This medication is used to treat severe pain. Morphine belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain.
- Generic Name
- Oxycodone Hcl
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 146
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 148
- What is this prescription?
- A semisynthetic derivative of CODEINE.
- What is this prescription used for?
- This medication is used to help relieve moderate to severe pain. Oxycodone belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain.
- Generic Name
- Oxycodone Hcl/Acetaminophen
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 202
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 202.1
- What is this prescription used for?
- This combination medication is used to help relieve moderate to severe pain. It contains an opioid pain reliever (oxycodone) and a non-opioid pain reliever (acetaminophen). Oxycodone works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. Acetaminophen can also reduce a fever.
- Generic Name
- Oxycodone Hcl
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 15
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 15
- What is this prescription?
- A semisynthetic derivative of CODEINE.
- What is this prescription used for?
- This medication is used to help relieve severe ongoing pain (such as due to cancer). Oxycodone belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. The higher strengths of this drug (more than 40 milligrams per tablet) should be used only if you have been regularly taking moderate to large amounts of an opioid pain medication. These strengths may cause overdose (even death) if taken by a person who has not been regularly taking opioids. Do not use the extended-release form of oxycodone to relieve pain that is mild or that will go away in a few days. This medication is not for occasional (as needed) use.
- Generic Name
- Pregabalin
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 58
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 62
- What is this prescription?
- A gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) derivative that functions as a CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKER and is used as an ANTICONVULSANT as well as an ANTI-ANXIETY AGENT. It is also used as an ANALGESIC in the treatment of NEUROPATHIC PAIN and FIBROMYALGIA.
- What is this prescription used for?
- This medication is used to treat pain caused by nerve damage due to diabetes, shingles (herpes zoster) infection, or spinal cord injury. This medication is also used to treat pain in people with fibromyalgia. It is also used with other medications to treat certain types of seizures (focal seizures).
- Generic Name
- Tizanidine Hcl
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 38
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 54
- What is this prescription used for?
- This medication is used to treat muscle spasms caused by certain conditions (such as multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury). It works by helping to relax the muscles.
- Generic Name
- Tramadol Hcl
- Specialty
- Physician Assistant
- Times Prescribed
- 77
- Number of 30-Day Refills Prescribed
- 78
- What is this prescription?
- A narcotic analgesic proposed for severe pain. It may be habituating.
- What is this prescription used for?
- See also Warning section. This medication is used to help relieve moderate to moderately severe pain. Tramadol belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain.
This dataset provides information about prescriptions written for Medicare beneficiaries in the year 2022. It does not include prescriptions for patients with private insurance, Medicaid, or other coverage types. However, this information remains valuable for all patients, as it may reflect the provider's overall prescribing preferences and approach to pharmaceutical care. This can help you make better-informed decisions when considering or continuing care with this provider.