Can You Read These Rxs? (September 2016)

Rx 1

Pharmacist Lacy Talmage of Kroger Pharmacy in Rome, Georgia, was stumped by this scribbled prescription.

Can you read it?

Rx 2Cindy Cruz of Health Central Hospital in Ocoee, Florida, had no idea where this prescription was going.Can you make it out?

ANSWERS

Rx 1: Ritalin 10 mg #120 1 PO qid

Rx 2: Methergine Maleate 0.2 mg PO TID × 2 days

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