Pretend you are a physician writing prescription instructionsfor the pharmacist. Rewrite each of the following prescriptioninstructions using prescription abbreviations and notation asdiscussed in class. Do not useabbreviations from the “Do Not Use” list. If you need a symbol youcannot easily create, describe it instead. For example, “s with aline over the top” (without) or “o with a + underneath” (female).Your responses should use the Rx and Sig format.
For example, if the physician is prescribing three 200 milligramtablets of ibuprofen by mouth three times daily for 2 weeks asneeded for joint pain, you would answer:
Rx: Ibuprofen 200 mg tab #126
Sig: 3 tab p.o. t.i.d. x2wk p.r.n. arthralgia
What you want to prescribe: Take 5 ml of Chlorothiazide, withstrength 250 mg/5 ml, once daily before noon, as needed for highblood pressure. (Chlorothiazide is sold as a liquid solution. Inthe quantity field, identify the total number of milliliters ofsolution needed for the patient to have 30 total doses, using thisform: “#X ml”, where X = total ml needed.) What are theprescription instructions for the pharmacist?
