1.   David began writing on a prescription pad.

2.   Among reasons doctors reach for the prescription pad too easily, Linder suggested, are time constraints and patient expectations.

3.   ATLANTA - As far as a convalescent voyage can go, this one could not be better planned if a doctor scribbled it on a prescription pad.

4.   Be wary of M.D.s who reach for the prescription pad every time you mention a symptom.

5.   Canadian newspaper editorials said, parody or no, the article raised serious questions about the frequency with which doctors reach for the prescription pad in treating young children.

6.   Doctors could trade their prescription pads in for computers.

7.   He said Wilson had responded by telling him that the company was issuing, among other things, prescription pads that could not be duplicated or used for forgeries.

8.   Here, doctors still walk around with prescription pads in their lab coat pockets, but only out of habit.

9.   New prescription pads also are being distributed that have icons representing the heart or kidney or other body part the drug is supposed to treat.

10.   One Portland, Oregon, dentist wrote his thoughts on a page from his prescription pad.