Can You Read These Rxs? (November 2016)
Can you you figure out what these prescriptions say?
Rx 1
Pharmacy Technician Jeri Wilson of Hy-Vee Pharmacy in Blue Springs, Missouri, had some trouble deciphering this prescription.
Can you figure it out?
Rx 2Pharmacist Vaishali Rawani and Pharmacy Technician Victoria Worthington were stumped by this scribbled prescription.Can you read it?
SEE THE ANSWERS ON PAGE 2.ANSWERS
Rx 1: Ropinole (Ropinirole) 0.5 mg, 1 bid and 2 hs (at bedtime)
Rx 2: Suboxone 8/2 mg film #16, 1 film sublingually twice daily
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