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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| PRN | AS NEEDED |
| mEq | MILLIEQUIVALENT |
| mM | MILLIMOLE |
| PC | AFTER EATING |
| PR | BY RECTUM |
| PPD | PURIFIED PROTEIN DERIVATIVE |
| q | every |
| QOD | EVERY OTHER DAY |
| q4h | EVERY 4 HOURS |
| AC | BEFORE EATING |
| ASAP | AS SOON AS POSSIBLE |
| BID | TWICE A DAY |
| CHF | CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE |
| COPD | CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DIEASE |
| CPR | CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION |
| FUO | FEVER OF UNKOWN ORGIGIN |
| gtt | DROPS |
| gr | GRAIN; 1 GRAIN-65MG. THEREFORE VGR=325MG |
| HS | AT BEDTIME |
| IM | INTRAMUSCULAR |
| MAO | MONOAMINE OXIDASE |
| MRSA | METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPH AUREUS |
| MVI | MULTIVITAMIN INJECTION |
| NKDA | NO KNOWN DRUG ALLERGIES |
| OD | RIGHT EYE |
| NPO | NOTHING BY MOUTH |
| OS | LEFT EYE |
| PO | BY MOUTH |
| R/O | RULE OUT |
| sl | SUBLINGUAL |
| wt | WEIGHT |
| TPN | TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION |
| SYR | SYRUP |
| sol | SOLUTION |
| q.o.d. | EVERY OTHER DAY |
| q.d. | EVERY DAY |
| PO | BY MOUTH |
| OU | EACH EYE |
| NR | NO REFILL |
| mEq | MILLIEQUIVALENT |
| INJ | INJECTION |
| HS | AT BEDTIME |
| gtt | A DROP OR DROPS |
| fl oz | FLUID OUNCE |
| EtOH | ALCOHOL |
| dr | DRAM |
| cc | CUBIC CENTIMETER |
| chol | CHOLESTEROL |
| BP | BLOOD PRESSURE |
| au | EACH EAR |
| ad | RIGHT EAR |
| fl dr | FLUID DRAM |
| os | LEFT EYE |
| q4h | EVERY 4 HOURS |
| ung | OINTMENT |
| SUPPOS | SUPPOSITORY |
| tbsp | TABLESPOONFUL |
| SIG | LABEL |
| NON REP | DO NOT REPEAT |
| IV | INTRAVENOUSLY |
| WITHOUT | A, AN |
| TEASPOON | TSP |
| CAPSULE | CAP |
| TID | THREE TIMES DAILY |
| QID | FOUR TIMES A DAY |
| MRX1 | MAY REPEAT TIMES ONE OR ONE TIME |
| APAP | ACETAMINOPHEN (TYLENOL) |
| ASA | ASPIRIN |
| BM | BOWEL MOVEMENT |
| H&H | HEMOGLOBIN AND HEMATOCRIT |
| CP | CHEST PAIN |
| DAW | DISPENSE AS WRITTEN |
| FA | FOLIC ACID |
| MS | MORPHINE SULFATE |
| MSO4 | MORPHINE SULFATE |
| Dig | DIGOXIN |
| FE OR FE OR FeSO4 | FERROUS SULFATE |
| HCTZ | HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE |
| HL | HEPARIN LOCK |
| K OR K+ | POTASSIUM |
| KCL | POTASSIUM CHLORIDE |
| LR | LACTATED RINGERS SOLUTION |
| MOM | MILK OF MAGNESIA |
| LA | LONG ACTING |
| ER | EXTENDED RELEASE |
| SR | SUSTAINED RELEASE |
| CR | CONTOLLED RELEASE |
| MVI | MULTIVITAMIN |
| NTG | NITROGLYCERIN |
| WA | WHILE AWAKE |
| ECT | ENTERIC COATED TABLET |
| SCT | SUGAR COATED TABLET |
| MPF | METHYL-PARABEN FREE (preservative free) |
| epi or EPI | epinephrine |
| dss | docusate sodium sulfasuccinate (colace) |
| DS | DOUBLE STRENGTH |
| DC OR D/C OR d/c | DISCONTINUE OR DISCHARGE |
| D5 | DEXTROSE 5% |
| D5W | DEXTROSE 5% ON WATER |
| NS | NORMAL SALINE (0.9% SODIUM CHLORIDE) |
| DSS | DOCUSATE SODIUM SULFASUCCINATE (COLACE) |
| EPI | EPINEPHRINE |
| LA | LONG ACTING |
| NTG | NITROGLYCERIN |
| One company that offers handwriting workshops to help physicians write legibly and faster. | Philadelphia |
| Where does terminology in pharmacy come from? | Latin and Greek languages |
| In what country did most pharmacy abbreviations have their orgins in a foreign languge? | Europe |
| Refers to the package or container of which the drug has taken the shape. | Dosage form |
| What can be consider scored or unscored and coated or uncoated? | Tablets |
| What determines the dosage form of a medication? | The rug's effectiveness |
| What tablets can be split without altering the medicine's effectiveness? | Scored Tablets |
| Who prepares certain medications with the ability to release the active ingredient over an extended period? | Manufatures |
| What are the benefits and drawbacks of scored tablets? | To save money by buying a higher-dose tablet and using a pill splitter to cut it into smaller-dose tablets. |
| What are three major categories of dosage forms? | Solids, Liquids, Semisolids |
| Agents that can be contained in various packages and administered by almost all routes except parenterally. | Solids |
| It contains fillers (inert substance that have no active ingredient), sugar coatings, and certain additives. | Tablets |
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