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pharma abbrev in latin

1. THE P A R TS OF A PRE S CRIPTION

2.  A p r escription o r d er is w r itten for d iagnosis, p r e v ention or t r eatment of a spe c i f ic patient's d is e ase  I s written b y a li c ens e d pr a ct i tion e r  I s written as pa r t of a p r oper p h y s ic i a n - patient r elat i onsh i p  I s a l e gal d o c um e nt, "p r i m a faci e " e v idence in a c o u r t of l a w .  (side n o te…A p ri m a - fac i e case is a l a w suit th a t alle g es fac t s ad e q u ate to p r o v e the u n d e r l ying cond u ct su p p o r t i n g the ca u se o f act i o n a n d t h e r eby p r e vail . ) WH A T I S A PR E SCRIP T ION?

3.  L i t e ral l y , "Rec i p e" mea n s si m p l y " T a k e . . . . " and w h en a m e dical p ra c t i tioner wri t es a p r escri p t i o n b egi n n ing w i th " ℞ ", he or she is comp l eting t h e command.  W as p r o b ab l y origi n a l l y di r ect e d at t h e p h armacist w h o n eed e d to ta k e a ce r ta i n amo u n t of each i n g r ed i e n t to com p o u nd t h e m e dic i n e (rat h er t h an at t h e p atie n t w h o m u st "ta k e/cons u me" i t ). D E FIN I TION

4. Patie n t In f o r m a tion Su p e r sc r ip t ion Ins c r ip t ion Su b sc r ip t ion S i g n a Date S i g n a t u r e l i n es, s i g n a t u r e , d e g r e e , b r a n d n a m e in d ic a tion P r escr i b er i n f o r m a tion D E A # i f r e q u i r ed R ef i l l s W a r n ings / l a b el            P A R TS OF THE PR E SCRIP T ION

5.  RX  T ra d iti o nal s y mb o l f or p r es c ription  Use it to line up the other pa r ts of the Rx SUP E RSC R IPTION

6.  What is the pha r ma c ist to ta k e o f f the she l f ?  D r u g Na m e  Dose = Q u a n t i ty o f d r u g p er do s e f o rm  Dose F o rm = The p h y s ical e n t i ty n e e d e d, i. e . ta b let, sus p e n si o n , c a p sule INSCRIPTION

7.  What is the pha r ma c ist to d o with the ing r edients?  Q u a n t i ty to b e dispe n sed (deter m in e s am o u n t in b o t t le) Dispe n se # 2 4  F o r c o n t r o lled su b s t a n ces w r i t e in n u m b e r s a n d lette r s (li k e a b a n k c h eck)  #2 4 (t w e n ty f o u r)  A n y s p ecial c o m p o u n di n g instr u c t i o n s SUBSC R IPTION

8.  I nstruc t ions f or the patient R o u te of a dm i n i s tr a tion  Or al, nasa l l y , r ectal l y , etc  T a k e b y mouth . ., G i v e , C h e w , S w al l o w wh o l e , et c . N u m b er of dosa g e u n its p er dose  T a k e o ne tab l et, G i v e t w o tea s p o o nful s , et c . F r e q u e n cy of dos i n g  e v e r y s i x h o ur s , o nce a d a y… D u r a tion of dosing  f o r s e v en d a ys , ... unti l g o n e , . . . i f ne e ded f o r pa i n. P u r p ose of m edic a tion  f o r pain, f o r as t hm a , f o r heada c h e , et c .  VE R Y I M PO R T A N T to incl ude purp o s e as th i s r educes e r r o r s !  D o not use “As di r e ct e d” Sp e ci a l instru c tio n s ( s h a k e w el l , r ef r i g e r a te e t c .) W a r n ings         S I S G i g — N w A r i t e , , S o r I G le t N it b A e T l a b U el e R d A ( L a t O in t R e r m T s : R si g A n a N o r S s i C g n e R t u I r P ) TION

9. L A TIN ABBREVI A TIONS

10. A b b r e vi a tion L a tin Mea n i n g o d O m n i die O n ce a d a y b id Bis in die T wice dai l y t i d T er in die Th r ee times dai l y q id Q u a r ter in die F o u r t i m es dai l y h s ( o r q h s) ( Q u a q u e) h o ra s o m n i At b e d t i m e (e a ch n ig h t) p c P o st cib u m After m e a ls ( o r n o t o n an e m p ty s t o m ach p rn P r o r e n ata As ci r cu m s t a n ces m a y r e q u i r e p o P er o r em By m o u th (oral l y) p r P er r ectum Rec t al l y (su p p o si t o r y) ac A n te cib u m B e f o r e m e a ls L A TIN US E D IN PR E SCRIP T ION WRITING

11. A b b r e vi a tion L a tin Mea n i n g q Q u a q u e E v e r y s t at Stat i m Im m e d iate l y Ad li b . Ad libitum F r e e l y np o Non p er o r em No t h ing b y mouth o d O cul u s d e x ter R i g h t e y e o s O cul u s sinis t er Left e y e o u O cul u s u te r q u e Bo t h e y es h Hora h o u r u d Ut dic t u m As di r ected gtt (gtt s ) G u t t ae D r o p (s) L A TIN US E D IN PR E SCRIP T ION WRITING