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Sig codes
Abbreviations
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| both | AB |
| AC | Before a me |
| ALT | Alternate |
| AMT | Amount |
| And | AND |
| Applicatorful | APL |
| Apply | APP |
| At night | ATN |
| Au | Both ears |
| Before | B |
| Bedtime | BED |
| b.i.d. | Twice daily |
| b.m. | Bowel movement |
| bp | Blood pressure |
| Breakfast | Bre |
| Capsule | CS |
| Conseutive | CONS |
| For cough | cou |
| Crush | CRU |
| D | Daily |
| Dental appt | Dapp |
| Days | DAYS |
| Diarrhea | DH |
| dissolve | DIS |
| Drink | DRK |
| Dropperful | DRP |
| Each | EACH |
| Evening | EVE |
| Externally | EXT |
| 5 times daily | FID |
| For | FOR |
| Give | G |
| Generic For | GF |
| GTT | Drop |
| H | Hours |
| HA | Headache |
| HS | At bedtime |
| I | Insert |
| Stat | IMM |
| IM | in the muscle |
| IN | in |
| Inject | INJ |
| Inhale | INL |
| Instill | INT |
| Into | INTO |
| Liquid | LQ |
| Meal | MEAL |
| Min | Minutes |
| For nausea | N |
| For nerves | NER |
| Next | Next |
| Nostril | NOS |
| Nights | NTS |
| OD | Right Eye |
| Once | Once |
| OR | OR |
| OS | Left eye |
| Once | Once |
| OR | OR |
| OS | Left Eye |
| OU | Both Eyes |
| For Pain | p |
| Patch | PA |
| PC | After a meal |
| Puffs | PFS |
| PO | By Mouth |
| PRN | as needed |
| Q | Every |
| Qam | Every Morning |
| Qd | Everyday |
| Qhs | Every night at bedtime |
| Qid | four times daily |
| QOD | Every other day |
| QPM | Every evening |
| Rectal | R |
| both | AB |
| AC | Before a me |
| ALT | Alternate |
| AMT | Amount |
| And | AND |
| Applicatorful | APL |
| Apply | APP |
| At night | ATN |
| Au | Both ears |
| Before | B |
| Bedtime | BED |
| b.i.d. | Twice daily |
| b.m. | Bowel movenent |
| bp | Blood pressure |
| Breakfast | Bre |
| Capsule | CS |
| Conseutive | CONS |
| For cough | cou |
| Crush | CRU |
| D | Daily |
| Dental appt | Dental appointment Dapp |
| Days | DAYS |
| Diarrhea | DH |
| dissolve | DIS |
| Drink | DRK |
| Dropperful | DRP |
| Each | EACH |
| Evening | EVE |
| Externally | EXT |
| 5 times daily | FID |
| For | FOR |
| Give | G |
| Generic For | GF |
| GTT | Drop |
| H | Hours |
| HA | Headache |
| HS | At bedtime |
| I | Insert |
| Stat | Immediately IMM |
| IM | in the muscle |
| IN | in |
| Inject | INJ |
| Inhale | INL |
| Instill | INT |
| Into | INTO |
| Liquid | LQ |
| Meal | MEAL |
| Min | Minutes |
| For nausea | N |
| For nerves | NER |
| Next | Next |
| Nostril | NOS |
| Nights | NTS |
| OD | Rights Eye |
| Once | Once |
| OR | OR |
| OS | Left eye |
| Once | Once |
| OR | OR |
| OS | Left Eye |
| OU | Both Eyes |
| For Pain | p |
| Patch | PA |
| PC | After a meal |
| Puffs | PFS |
| PO | By Mouth |
| PRN | as needed |
| Q | Every |
| Qam | Every Morning |
| Qd | Everyday |
| Qhs | Every night at bedtime |
| Qid | four times dail |
| QOD | Every other day |
| QPM | Every evening |
| Rectal | R |
| Recially | REC |
| Refrigerate | RF |
| Sleep | SLP |
| Small | SML |
| Soak | SOA |
| Spray | SPR |
| Suppositories | SPS |
| 1/2 | SS |
| sq; under skin | SC |
| Suppository | SUP |
| Shake well | SW |
| Tablet(s) | TS |
| Until all Taken | TAT |
| Today | TAY |
| Tbsp | TBL |
| Tsp | TEA |
| Tsps | Tes |
| Then | THEN |
| t.i.d. | Three times daily |
| Take | TK |
| Tbsps | TLS |
| 1T in water | One tablet in water TW |
| Use | U |
| s.l. | Under the tongue UNT |
| Unwrap | UNW |
| Ute | As directed UTD |
| Vaginal | VA |
| While awake | WA |
| With meals | WC |
| With food WF | WF |
| With fruit juice | WFJ |
| Weeks | WKS |
| Times daily | XD |
| 1/2 | Alt+172 |
| 1/4 | Alt+172 |
| 3/4 | Alt+0190 |
| To the affected area | AA |
| In affedted ear(s) | AEA |
| in affected eye(s) | AEY |
| After initial dose | AIDO |
| Apply to rash | APR |
| Apply sparingly with each diaper change | ASD |
| Around the clock | ATC |
| Take one capsule every _hours | CAP,_ |
| Cough and congestion | CNC |
| Contents of 1 packet | CNTS |
| Take 4 capsules on hour before dental appt. | DNC |
| Discard Remainder | DR |
| Double or triple for illness | DTI |
| Follow package directions | FPD |
| In each nostril | IEN |
| Insert one applicatorful vaginally at bedtime | IVB |
| Insert one suppository vaginally at bedtime | IVS |
| In the left ear | LEA |
| In the left eye | LEY |
| Nausea and vomiting | NV |
| 1 eqily ro4 q rull cycle ,stop for 1 week repeat | OC |
| On an empty stomach | OES |
| As needed for anxiety | PRA |
| As needed for | PRF |
| In the right ear | REA |
| In the right eye | REY |
| Swish and swallow | SWS |
| Shortness of breath | SOB |
| Take one tablet by mouth | +_ |
| One tablet under tongue prf chest pain | TNT |