Can You Read These Rxs? (November 2019)
Can you read these befuddling Rxs?
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?
A: Ropinole (Ropinirole) 0.5 mg, 1 bid and 2 hs (at bedtime)
Rx 2: Pharmacist Vaishali Rawani and Pharmacy Technician Victoria Worthington were stumped by this scribbled prescription. Can you read it?
A: Suboxone 8/2 mg film #16, 1 film sublingually twice daily
Send in your eye-straining, baffling prescriptions—now via email, fax, and regular mail! Submissions must include a clean photocopy or scanned image of the Rx; your institution's name and location; your name and title; the correct name of the drug(s), strength, and dosing requirements; and your phone number. You can email scanned Rxs to cmollison@pharmacytimes.com, fax them to 609-257-0701, or mail them to Painful Scripts, Pharmacy Times, 2 Clarke Drive, Suite 100, Cranbury, NJ 08512.
