Can You Read These Rxs? (July 2016)

Rx 1

Pharmacist Michelle Kwan and Pharmacy Technician Jeannie at Shoppers Pharmacy in Franconia, Virginia, were stumped by this prescription.

Can you decipher it?

Pharmacy Technician Elaine Sapunarich at Rite Aid Pharmacy in Saugerties, New York, didn’t have a clue as to what this prescription said.

Rx 1: Phenylephrine 2.5% eye ophthalmic solution #1 bottle; one drop in the right eye on the morning of surgery

Rx 2: Oxycodone 10 mg; 1 tablet 3 times daily; 90 count

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