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Can you you figure out what these prescriptions say?
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?
Rx 1: Motrin 600 mg PO #40 q 8 prn; Soma 350 mg PO qhs prn #30
Rx 2: A 30-day supply
CAN YOU READ THESE RXS?
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