Can You Read These Rxs? (December 2017)

Rx 1: Pharmacist Dinesh Patel of Rite-Aid in Merchantville, New Jersey, was impressed by how hard it was to read this prescription. Can you read it?

Rx 1 Answer

Contrave, take 2 PO BID #120

Rx 2: Pharmacist Jessica Treadway of CVS Pharmacy in Concord, New Hampshire, was perplexed by this prescription. Can you decipher it?

Rx 2 Answer

Celexa 20 mg 1 QD #30

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