Can You Read These Rxs? (January 2016)

Rx 1

Shiela Narayan, RPh; Christina Tucker, CPhT; and Perry Chu, RPh, of Sav-on Pharmacy in Las Vegas could not read everything on this prescription.

Can you guess what it says?

Rx 2

Of this prescription, Pharmacist Beth Wille of County Market Pharmacy in Springfield, Illinois, wrote, “The script says Gabapentin 200 mg PO QHS, but I was unsure what followed the directions, so I called the doctor’s office.”

Can you decipher the last part?

ANSWERS

Rx 1: Motrin 600 mg PO #40 q 8 prn; Soma 350 mg PO qhs prn #30

Rx 2: A 30-day supply

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CAN YOU READ THESE RXS?

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