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  2. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    o can be mistaken as an a which could read "a.s.", meaning left ear o.u. oculus uterque: both eyes o can be mistaken as an a which could read "a.u.", meaning both ears oz ounce p. perstetur: continue part. æq. partes æquales: equal parts per: per: by or through p.c. post cibum: after meals p.c.h.s., pc&hs post cibum et hora somni: after meals ...

  3. Meaning [1] Latin (or Neo-Latin) origin [1] a.c. before meals: ante cibum a.d., ad, AD right ear auris dextra a.m., am, AM morning: ante meridiem: nocte every night Omne Nocte a.s., as, AS left ear auris sinistra a.u., au, AU both ears together or each ear aures unitas or auris uterque b.d.s, bds, BDS 2 times a day bis die sumendum b.i.d., bid, BID

  4. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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    Prescriptions may be entered into an electronic medical record system and transmitted electronically to a pharmacy. Alternatively, a prescription may be handwritten on preprinted prescription forms that have been assembled into pads, or printed onto similar forms using a computer printer or even on plain paper, according to the circumstances ...

  5. List of Latin abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    post post scriptum "post-postscript" Used to indicate additions after a postscript. Sometimes extended to comical length with PPPS, PPPPS, and so on. q.d. quaque die "every day" Used on prescriptions to indicate the medicine should be taken daily. QED: quod erat demonstrandum "that which was to be demonstrated" [1]

  6. List of medical abbreviations: Q - Wikipedia

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    Meaning q: each, every (from Latin quaque) q15: every 15 minutes q6h q6° once every 6 hours q2wk: once every 2 weeks qAc Before every meal (from Latin quaque ante cibum) q.a.d. every other day (from Latin quaque altera die) QALY: quality-adjusted life year: q.AM: every day before noon (from Latin quaque die ante meridiem) q.d. every day (from ...

  7. List of medical abbreviations: P - Wikipedia

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    Meaning pĚ„: after (from Latin post) [1] [letter p with a bar over it] pH Potential of Hydrogen - Acidity of a fluid P: parturition (total number of live births) phosphorus pulse [1] post P OSM: plasma osmolality PA: posterior–anterior, posteroanterior pulmonary artery [[physician assistant or associate [2]]] psoriatic arthritis primary ...

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    He eventually left his post at the rehabilitation facility in 2011. “I was stuck in an abstinence model that didn’t work,” Kalfas said. Administrators of the facility “really need to be confronted with their success rates. In AA, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

  9. Pharmacy (shop) - Wikipedia

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    Repeat Dispensing Service: This allows the patient to collect regular repeat prescription medicines for an agreed period of time, without having to go back to their GP; Disposal of Unwanted Medicines. Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles. Signposting to other Services. Support for Self-Care: advice on treating minor illnesses and long term conditions.