Can You Read These Rxs? (June 2015)

Pharmacy Technician Artin Hartounan at Western Drug Pharmacy in Glendale, California, was stumped by this prescription.

Can you read it?

Rx 2

Marie Barone, RPh, of Shoprite Pharmacy in Jackson, New Jersey, must have thought she was reading a different language when she saw this script. A follow-up with the prescriber produced a clear translation.

Can you guess what this Rx says?

ANSWERS

Rx 1: Compazine 5 mg tablets. 1 tablet every 8 hours prn

Rx 2: Minocin 100 mg QD #30; Cutivate cream apply QD 30 g

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CAN YOU READ THESE RXS?

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