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Prescription

Dr. Faisal Mohammad Shah

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Prescription

 A prescription is a written order by a registered physician directing the


pharmacist to prepare or dispense pharmacological agents for the diagnosis,
prevention or treatment of a disease.

There are two types of prescription:


1. Pre compounding prescription:
 Prescription for already prepared drug (by pharmaceutical companies) e.g.
Cap. Ciprofloxacin (500 mg) etc.
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Irrational Prescribing:

When medically inappropriate (incorrect), ineffective and economically


inefficient drugs are used, it is called irrational prescribing.

Some common irrational prescribing:


1. Excessive use of drugs.
2.Overuse of antibiotics.
3.Prescribing new costly drug, when an alternate cheaper drug is available etc.
Requirements of Prescriptions

1. Date
2.Name and address of doctor.
3.Name and address of the patient.
4.Rx. It’s a traditional esoteric symbol for the word ‘Recipe’-‘take thou!';It is
pointless.
5.The name and dose of the medicine.
6.Direction to the pharmacist.
7.Instruction for the patient. 3
8.Signature of the doctor.
2. Extemporeous prescription:
 The pharmacists prepare the medication according to the drugs and
dosages directed by the physician.

Types of Prescribing

1. Rational (Logical) Prescribing Appropriate


2. Irrational (illogical) Prescribing diagnosis

Rational Prescribing Appropriate

Rational Prescribing
indications
It fulfills the following criteria's–
Appropriate drug

Appropriate
dosage
Appropriate
duration
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.Appropriate route of
administration
1. Superscription: 2.Inscription:
 Information about the Inscription gives the
prescriber. information about the
 Information about the name of the drug (generic
patient. or trade name), and its
 Rx (it means ‘take it!’) formulation, unit dosage.

Prescription

3. Subscription: 4. Transcription:
 Subscription provides  Transcription is the
information to the prescribers direction to
pharmacists about the the patient contains
quantity instruction about the
 and dosage form of the 5. Signature amount of drug,
drug to be dispensed.  time and frequency of
doses to be taken. 5
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