Can You Read These Rxs? (November 2016)

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?

Pharmacist Vaishali Rawani and Pharmacy Technician Victoria Worthington were stumped by this scribbled prescription.

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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