Prescription

Question 1

What is prescription?

Answer 1

It is written document of a registered medical practioner for 1 or more medication together with the direction to the pharmacist for their preparation and the instruction to the patient for their use.

Question 2

Components of a prescription?

Answer 2

1. Superscript
2. Inscription
3. Subscription
4. Signatur
5. Prescriber’s detail
6. Date

Question 3

Components of superscript?

Answer 3

1. Prescriber related 
 A. prescriber’s credential should be verifiable
 B. Should be available if any queries arises
2. Date
 A. Name, age, sex
 B. Weight
 C. Address
3. Patient related

Question 4

What is Rx?

Answer 4

“Take thou”

Take this recipe

Resembles eyes of “Horus”-Greek God

Question 5

Inscription?

Answer 5

Body of prescription contains the name and quantity of the ingredient which are written in the following order

A. Basis/ principle active ingredient
B. Adjuvant/ secondary active ingredient
C. Correctives / corrigents
D. Vehicles / excipients

Question 6

Subscription ?

Answer 6

Direction given to the pharmacist regarding
A. The form of the medicine
B. Instruction related to its preparation
C. Quantity to be sent or manner of sending

Question 7

Signatur

Answer 7

“Let it be labelled”

It is the direction to the patient of the use of the medicine

Question 8

Prescriber’s details

Answer 8

Name
Initial
Registration number

Question 9

Anaerobic hepatitis

Answer 9

1. TAB METRONIDAZOLE-400mg-60 tabs
   Sig : 2 tabs thrice daily after food for 10 days
2. TAB DILOXANIDE FUROATE- 500mg
   Sig: 1 tab thrice daily after food for 10 days