Practical Pharmacology
Dr.Gulala
Prescription writing
It is a term applied to the formula written by the physician to the pharmacist for preparing
medication and to the patient for the use of the drug, it consists of :
1) Superscription: consists of:
a) Name, address, and telephone No. of the physician. written at the upper right hand corner.
b) Name, age, and sex (gender) of the patient. written at the left hand corner.
c) Date of prescription and registration.
d) Diagnosis.
e) Symbol (R).
2) Inscription: consists of :
a) Name of the drug.
b) Strength of the drug.
c) Amount of the drug.
d) Pharmaceutical form.
3) Subscription: it comprises the direction to the pharmacist for preparation of the drug. It
is usually applied when there is compound prescription.
4) Transcription: include direction to the patient for the use of the drug, consist of
frequency of administration and time around meal and amount to be used.
Compound prescription: it is a type of prescription, include preparation of drug by the
2) In case of unavailability of small doses,
e.g:Phenobarbital.
3) When the combination of drug are not
available as whole drug.
4) In case of unavailability of certain ingredient.
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pharmacist at the time of dispensing by mixing tow or more drugs in a various dosage form.
The reason of compound prescription
1) To mask a well known drug from the patient.
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Prescription Abbreviations
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