Basic information of prescription including its parts nd its meaning

1. •PRESCRIPTION

2.  Deffination
 Its parts:
 Date
 Name, age, sex, and address of the patient
 Superscription
 Inscription
 Subscription
 Signature
 Renewal instruction
 Signature, address and registration number of the prescriber.
 References

3. PRESCRIPTION: It is a written result from doctor or physician
or other licensed practitioner to the pharmacist to compound or make
and dispensed a specific medication for the patient.
PARTS OF PRESCRIPTION:
1. DATE :
 It helps a pharmacist to know the filling or
prescribing date of prescription.
 Prescription must contain a date,if which prescribe
narcotic or habit forming drug, to avoid its misuse.

4.  These parts must be included, because its helps to
identify the prescription.
 Age and sex of the patient helps the pharmacist to
check prescribed dose of medication, if the patient
is children.
 Weight of patient also help to calculate the
appropriate dose of medicines.

5.  Its shown by symbol Rx
 Its written before writing the prescription.
 Rx is a Latin word, meaning TAKE THOU ( You
Take)
 In olden days, Rx considered as a sign of Jupiter (
God of healing) and requesting to god for the quick
recovery of the patient.

6.  It’s a main part of prescription order, contain name
and required quantities of ingredients
 The name of ingredients are written in English or
latin language or some time abbreviation also used.
 Inscription is divided into following parts: base,
adjuvant and vehicle.
 Nowadays, suitable formulations are available, so
pharmacist only need to dispense readymade
medicine.
 Due to this reason compounding of prescription
eliminated.

7.  Its give a instruction or direction to the pharmacist
for making the prescription and number of dose to
be dispensed.
 These days, instructions are not written for
pharmacist, because compounding of prescription
eliminated.

8.  It’s a advise, which is given to the patient regarding
administration of the drug.
 Its commonly written as ‘Sig’
 This advise, also should written on label of the
container, so that patient can follow it.

9.  These parts must be written in prescription by
prescriber, to avoid the misuse of prescription, if it
contain any narcotic or habit forming drugs.

11.  R. M. Mehta, pharmaceutics-II, second adition-
2003,reprint-2010,vallabh prakashan. Pg. No. 01-03
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