Can You Read These Rxs? (January 2017)

Rx 1

Amber Hughes, CPhT, of Nortonville Pharmacy in Nortonville, Kentucky, was stumped by this prescription.

Can you decipher it?

Pharmacy Technician Mark Gilman of Walgreens Pharmacy in Raleigh, North Carolina, couldn’t begin to guess what this prescription said.

SEE THE ANSWERS ON PAGE 2.ANSWERS

Rx 1: This turned out to be an order for a tb skin test.

Rx 2: Nebulizer #1, use 3 to 4 times daily PRN; Xopenex 1.25 mg/3-mL solution #1 box, use 1 vial via nebulizer TID PRN, 3 refills

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