Prescription Flashcards
What is a prescription?
written order to a pharmacist by a licensed veterinarian to prepare the prescribed medicine, affix the directions and sell the preparation the client
issued to client for purchase of drugs to be administered to their pets
clinical prescription order
prescription for purchase of large quantities of veterinary drugs/ product
veterinary drug order
a special prescription for dangerous drugs because
every prescription is accounted for
yellow prescription
Types of Prescription
- Clinical prescription order
- Veterinary drug order
- Yellow prescription
Classes of prescription orders
- Extemporaneous prescription order
- Pre-compounded prescription order
extemporaneous prescription order
Veterinarian selects drugs,
doses and pharmaceutical form he desires and the pharmacist prepares
the medication
supplied by a pharmaceutical company by its official or propriety name and in a form that the pharmacist dispenses without pharmaceutical alteration
Pre-compounded prescription order
prescription often accompanied by VCPR
(Veterinary – Client – Patient Relationship ) letter from the Veterinarian
veterinary drug order
inscription is the body of prescription and it contains
- Generic name of the drug / product
- Strength, unit size, and quantity of the drug/product to be dispensed
contains the instructions to the client
transcription/signa/label