Can You Read These Rxs? (May 2018)

Pharmacist Samantha Brantley, PharmD, and her team at Gayco Healthcare Pharmacy in Dublin, Georgia, had a tough time deciphering this prescription. Can you read it?

ANSWERS

Rx 1: Penicillin VK 500 mg, #20, one tablet by mouth every 6 hours.

Rx 2: Amoxicillin 1000 mg, #21, one tablet by mouth 3 times a day for 7 days.

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