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5. Rp.: Acidi hydrochlorici diluti 5 ml
Pepsini 2 ml
Aquae purificatae 180 ml
Sirupi Cerasi 200 ml
Misce. Da.
Signa.
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When prescribing drugs physicians often use set abbreviations. They have
fixed form to avoid ambiguity. Many Latin abbreviations are still in use.
Knowledge of these abbreviations is essential for the dispensing pharmacist and
often useful for the prescriber.
There are some rules of abbreviating in prescriptions:
1. The names of dosage forms, galenicals, plants’ structures, directions given
to the pharmacist and some expressions are usually shortened.
2. Abbreviations always end in a consonant. If a syllable which is to be
shortened ends in two or more consonants all of them are written in an abbreviation.
E. g. : supp. is the abbreviation of the word suppositorium.
3. Ingredients having a similar name are not abbreviated to avoid confusion,
e. g.: sulfas and sulfis.
4. The names of poisonous and drastic drugs are not abbreviated.
5. In Praescriptio words can be shortened to one letter: D.t.d.N. – Da
(Dentur) tales doses numero…
The most important prescription abbreviations
Abbreviation Full writing in Latin Translation into English
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