If patients are at home, they usually are able to call their orthopedic surgeon to get a medication refill. Today we are able to pull up what the patient has been prescribed in the past. We can easily pull up what medication the patient got from the pharmacy, which pharmacy the patient got it from, what was the dose, how many pills were given and which provider gave the medication. I run this history and then depending up on the physical examination and days after the surgery, the patient is given a medication refill.