Medical prescription

1. MEDICAL PRESCRIPTION

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2. RECIPE STRUCTURE 1.Official data of the medical organization with its name, address and phone number 2. Date of receipt of the

A prescription, often abbreviated ℞ or Rx, is an official
communication from a doctor or other registered medical
professional to a pharmacist authorizing him to issue a
specific prescription drug to a specific patient.
RECIPE STRUCTURE
1.OFFICIAL DATA OFTHE MEDICAL ORGANIZATIONWITH ITS NAME,ADDRESSAND PHONE
NUMBER
2.DATE OF RECEIPT OFTHE PRESCRIPTION
3.FULL NAME OFTHE PATIENT
4.PATIENT'SAGE
5.FULL NAME OFTHE DOCTOR
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4. The concept of the drug and the main dosage forms

THE CONCEPT OFTHE DRUG ANDTHE MAIN
DOSAGE FORMS
A medicine is a substance used for the purpose of treating adisease or for its prevention.
A medicinal product is a medicinal product in a ready-to-use form.
A dosage form is a medicinal substance in the most convenientform for patients to take.
Medicinal substances have both local and general effects on the body(resorptive) effect.
The main dosage forms:
• solid – tablets, pills, pills, wafers, capsules, powders
• soft – ointments, emulsions, candles (suppositories), plasters
• liquid – medicines, decoctions, sterile solutions for injection
• gaseous – vapors, gases, aerosols.
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5. Storage of medicines in the treatment room

STORAGE OF MEDICINES IN THE
TREATMENT ROOM
• in a glass cabinet on marked shelves are stored stowingsfor emergency measures, antibiotics
and their solvents,boxes with ampoules of drugs included in the general list of medicines,sterile
solutions in factory-made vials;
• solutions made in a pharmacy, blood products and products infactory packaging that require a
certain temperatureregime are stored in the refrigerator;
• storage of List A and B drugs is carried out in a safe.
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REQUIREMENTS TO THE LATIN PART OF A
prescription
The Latin part of a prescription begins with the word "Recipe" and ends
with "Signa",You will have to learn the general requirements to the Latin part
of a prescriptions as follows (abbreviations in prescriptions are impermissible):
I. The Latin part of a prescription begins with "Recipe", this is a form of
address of a physician to a pharmacist:
Recipe: Take:
Every prescription line, as well as all drug names begin with the capital
letter
• Every drug name is written in a separate prescription line. In doing so a blank
space is left after "Recipe" (the pharmacist indicates a price of a drug here). If
there is not enough space for a drug name in one line it is carried over to the
next line with the left indent:
Recipe: Phenylii salicylātis 3,0
Spirītus aethylici quantum satis
ad solutiõnem
Vaselīni ad 30,0
Misce, fiat unguentum
Da. Signa: Apply to the skin of
the face
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2. The drug names after "Recipe" are in Genitive
3. After the drug name its quantity is indicated. The doses of drugs are
indicated in the decimal numeration system:
Gram amounts - the abbreviation «gr» is not indicated, the quantity is
indicated with decimal points - 10.0 (10 gr.); 0.25 (0,25 gr) etc.
• Milliliter amounts - 10 ml, 0.2 ml;
• Units of activity - ED: 100000 ED (100000 units of activity).
E.g: Recipe: Kalii chloridi 3.0
Insulini 25 ED
Solutiõnis Glucõsi 10% - 1000 ml
Misceātur. Sterilisētur!
Detur. Signetur: For intravenous infusions.
•Drops amounts (are used seldom) - the number of drops is indicated with
Roman figures - singular guttam (one drop - guttam I), plural guttas
(five drops - guttas V);
Sometimes a physician does not indicate the dosage but affords to a
pharmacist an opportunity to determine the quantity of a drug on his own;
in that case quantum satis is written in the prescription.
If several drugs are prescribed in the same amount, so the dose is indicated
only after the latter one and the abbreviation ana (ofeach) is written:
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Who can issue prescriptions are governed by local legislation. In the United
States, all states, physicians, veterinarians, dentists, and pediatrists have full
prescription power. Many countries allow mid-level practitioners different
prescription privileges. Nurse practitioners, physician assistants, optometrists,
homeopathic physicians, registered pharmacists, naturopathic physicians, and
doctors of oriental medicine currently represent the spectrum of mid-level
practitioners.
Each country regulates what (if any) prescription powers members
of the above group are allowed.
Prescriptions are typically written on preprinted prescription forms that are
assembled into pads. Preprinted on the form is text that identifies the document
as a prescription, the name and address of the hospital or the prescribing doctor.
Predating modern legal definitions of a prescription, a prescription traditionally
is composed of four parts: a "superscription", "inscription", "subscription" and
"signature".
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The "superscription" section contains the date of the prescription and
patient information (name, address, age, etc).
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2. The word "Recipe:" (in English prescriptions "Rx") addressed to the
pharmacist separates the superscription from the "inscriptions" section.
This is literally an abbreviation for an exhortation to the patient to "take
to" what is described in the inscription section. The inscription section
defines what is the medication.
III.
3. The "subscription" section contains dispensing directions to the
pharmacist. This may be compounding instructions or quantities.
contains directions to the patient.
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4. The "signature" section
Latin in Prescriptions in Some English-speaking Countries: The onlypart ofa
prescription where Latin appears today, however, is in the directions for taking
the drug. This use has become a kind ofmedical shorthand. Some ofthese
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Abbreviation or symbol
aa, āā, ĀĀ
Latin, Greek, or New
Latin
ana
AAA
English
translation
of each
из каждого
apply to affected area
нанести на
пораженный участок
a.c.
ante cibum
before meals
перед едой
a.c.h.s., ac&hs
ante cibum et hora
somni
before meals and at
bedtime
перед едой и перед
сном
a.d.
auris dextra
right ear
правое ухо
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13. Thank you for your attention!

THANKYOU FORYOUR ATTENTION!
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