Can You Read These Rxs? (January 2015)

Rx 1

Carla Harold, RPh, of Auburn Pharmacy in Independence, Missouri, said the following about this perplexing Rx: “Since this prescription was presented for filling on a Saturday, we had to have the physician paged. It took 4 hours for the return call, and the doctor was amazed that we didn’t know what he had written.”

Can you guess what this Rx says?

Rx 2

Richard Sottosant, RPh, of CVS Pharmacy in New York, New York, needed help to figure out this looping script.

Can you figure out this Rx?

ANSWERS

Rx 1: Zithromax 250 mg BID

Rx 2: Zithromycin 250 mg #1 (Z-Pak), take as directed

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CAN YOU READ THESE RXS?

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