Can You Read These Rxs? (August 2016)

Rx 1

Pharmacist Michelle Kwan and Pharmacy Technician Jeannie at Shoppers Pharmacy in Franconia, Virginia, were perplexed by this scribbled prescription.

Can you read it?

Rx 2Pharmacy Manager Linda Wessel, RPh, of Trinity Retail Pharmacy in Moline, Illinois, was stumped by this quickly scribbled prescription.Can you decipher it?

ANSWERS

Rx 1: Diclofenac 0.1% eye ophthalmic solution #5 ml; one drop in right eye 4 times a day.

Rx 2: Albuterol HFH Inhaler #1. 1 puff qid PRN.

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