Inactive medications

[Jorgebon]

I'm on version 14.2.6.
How do you inactivate a medication? There's no drop down list like in problems or checkbox like in allergies. The only option is to delete the medication.

[allends]

Medications will become inactive when the stop date is any date prior to today's date.

[Jorgebon]

I did that and it still stays Active.

[Arna]

If you put yesterday's date into the box, it should mark as inactive. If it doesn't, let me know.

[jsalmon]

Right, the patient might still be taking it today (I think this was the reasoning) so it will still be considered active until the stop date has passed. We say this in our manual:

If the stop date is prior to today's date, the medication is considered inactive/discontinued.

http://opendental.com/manual/medicationspatient.html

[Jorgebon]

OK, that makes sense.