Can You Read These Rxs? (June 2016)

Rx 1

Pharmacist Michelle Kwan and Pharmacy Technician Jeannie at Shoppers Pharmacy in Franconia, Virginia, couldn’t read most of this prescription.

Can you read it?

Rx 2Pharmacist Sara Malek at CVS Pharmacy in Dearborn, Michigan, was baffled by this prescription.Do you know what it says?

ANSWERS

Rx 1: Tropicamide 1% eye ophthalmic solution #5 ml; one drop in the right eye on the morning of surgery

Rx 2: Qvar 2 puffs twice daily × 4 wks; Ventolin MDI 2 puffs q 6 hrs as needed × 4 wks; Tylenol 500 mg q 6 hrs × 10 days; Z pak 2 tabs day 1, then 1 tab daily × 4 days

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