Can You Read These Rxs? (May 2015)

Heidi, RPh, at Lovelace Pharmacy in Albuquerque, New Mexico, was stumped by this Rx.

Can you decipher it?

Rx 2

Pharmacy technician Rebekka Edwards at Kmart Pharmacy in Sierra Vista, Arizona, consulted with another technician and a pharmacist to try to figure out this Rx, but she still had to contact the prescriber for clarification.

Do you know what it says?

ANSWERS

Rx 1: Doxycycline 100 mg T BID #60, 5 RF; fluconazole 200 mg 4 tabs QD #120, 0 RF

Rx 2: Creon 6000 units; 2 capsules with each meal

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CAN YOU READ THESE RXS?

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