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CAN YOU READ THESE RXS?
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the Rx; your institution's name and location; your name
and title; the correct name of the drug(s), strength,
and dosing requirements; and your phone number.
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You Read These Rxs?, Pharmacy Times, 666 Plainsboro
Road, Suite 300, Plainsboro, NJ 08536.
Rx 1
Adrián Røbles, CPhT, and other
staff at a CVS Health in Santa Ana,
California, were stumped by this
poorly written prescription.
Can you decipher it?
Rx 2
Shiela Narayan, RPh; Christina
Tucker, CPhT; and Perry Chu, RPh, of
Sav-on Pharmacy in Las Vegas were
completely perplexed by this strange-
looking prescription.
Can you guess what it says?
Answers
Rx 1: Synthroid 100 mcg 1 qd
Rx 2: Levaquin 500 mg, PO qd × 10 days #10