Prescription

Question 1

Define prescription

Answer 1

Order for medication issued by a physician, other licensed medical practitioner addressed to pharmacist to dispense a medication

Question 2

Define drug

Answer 2

A chemical substance that affects processes in living organism and used for treatment, prophylaxis or diagnosis of the disease

Question 3

What are OTC drugs?

Answer 3

Drugs that do not require prescription

Question 4

What are prescription drugs?

Answer 4

Drugs that have the potential to cause adverse effects, require monitoring, used only for restricted time period

Question 5

What are parts of a prescription?

Answer 5

Heading → date and personal data of patient
Body → superscription, inscription, subscription
Closing → signature of patient and physician

Question 6

Why is there a need for date?

Answer 6

To know when the medicine is prescribed and to prevent the misuse of the prescription

Question 7

What does the heading contain?

Answer 7

Information about the prescriber and the patient

Question 8

What is superscription?

Answer 8

Rx → recipe

Question 9

What is inscription?

Answer 9

Main part of the prescription, gives the information about the name of the drug, its formulation and unit dosage

Question 10

What is subscription?

Answer 10

Provides information to the pharmacists about the quantity and dosage form of the drug to be dispensed

Question 11

What is transcription?

Answer 11

Prescribers direction to the patient contains instruction about the amount of drug, time and frequency of doses to be taken