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Can you decipher these prescriptions?
Rx 1: Ted Aycock, manager of Back Bay Drugs, was baffled by this prescription. Can you decipher it?
Rx 2: Pharmacist Lacy Talmage of Kroger Pharmacy in Rome, Georgia, was stumped by this scribbled prescription. Can you read it?
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Rx 1: Singular 5 mg by mouth every night at bedtime
Rx 2: Ritalin 10 mg #120 1 PO qid
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