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(Created page with "<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><a class="mw-redirect" href="/index.php?title=Physician" title="Physician">Physicians</a> use medical "shorthand" to write patients' prescriptions. </p><p>Some of these abbreviations are: </p> <dl><dd><b>p.o.</b> - taken orally or "by mouth" </dd><dd><b>p.r.n.</b> - as needed </dd><dd><b>q.h.s.</b> - at bedtime </dd><dd><b>b.i.d.</b> - twice daily </dd><dd><b>t.i.d.</b> - three times daily </dd...") |
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[[Physician|Physicians]] use medical "shorthand" to write patients' prescriptions. | |||
Some of these abbreviations are: | |||
;'''p.o.''' | |||
: taken orally or "by mouth" | |||
;'''p.r.n.''' | |||
: as needed | |||
;'''q.h.s.''' | |||
: at bedtime | |||
;'''b.i.d.''' | |||
: twice daily | |||
;'''t.i.d.''' | |||
: three times daily | |||
;'''q.i.d.''' | |||
: four times daily | |||
;'''#xx''' | |||
: quantity per fill | |||
Example: Trazodone 50 mg #30 one to two p.o. q. h.s. p.r.n. sleep - would translate as "Fill thirty (30) trazodone hydrochloride 50 mg tablets, take one to two pills at bedtime as needed for sleep". | |||
'''NOTE:''' It should be noted that these abbreviations appear to be different in the UK (and likely other countries). | |||
Latest revision as of 07:55, 17 September 2023
Physicians use medical "shorthand" to write patients' prescriptions.
Some of these abbreviations are:
- p.o.
- taken orally or "by mouth"
- p.r.n.
- as needed
- q.h.s.
- at bedtime
- b.i.d.
- twice daily
- t.i.d.
- three times daily
- q.i.d.
- four times daily
- #xx
- quantity per fill
Example: Trazodone 50 mg #30 one to two p.o. q. h.s. p.r.n. sleep - would translate as "Fill thirty (30) trazodone hydrochloride 50 mg tablets, take one to two pills at bedtime as needed for sleep".
NOTE: It should be noted that these abbreviations appear to be different in the UK (and likely other countries).