Talk:List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions

message: *Disagree: Prescriptions are a common point of interaction for the general reader of Wikipedia.  They will encounter abbreviations in List of medical abbreviations much more rarely. Samw (talk) 04:05, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal

message: If a medical student is referencing this, and they see Q.D. as daily, and don't check the bottom, they won't see to avoid this.
If we put a RED star or some other flag, so that people know not to use this abbreviation, this would help.
Thoughts? Tkjazzer (talk) 06:03, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  we should add a red star next the ones that should be avoided. 

message: for example, suggest using Daily instead of QD
We should add all the suggested uses.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tkjazzer (talk • contribs) 06:10, 31 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  for recommend not to use section, add other suggestions on writing 

message: List of dosage abbreviations was a duplicated subset of what already exists on this page (and wrongly described list as pertaining to "dosages" rather than "frequency of dosing"). A couple items not currenly included but would need verification:
List of dosage abbreviations:
PRN - As necessary or as needed / Latin- pro re nata                                                               	Existing
Q1H - every hour Q2H - every 2 hours Q3H - every 3 hours Q4H - every 4 hours Q6H - every 6 hours Q8H - every 8 hour	Existing under q1h
SID - once a day / veterinary abbreviation                                                                         	Needs verifying common abbreviation
QD - once a day / Latin: quaque die                                                                                	Existing under avoid list
BID - twice a day / Latin: bis in die                                                                              	Existing
TID - three times a day / Latin: ter in die                                                                        	Existing
QID - four times a day / Latin: quater in die                                                                      	Existing
6WK - six times a week 5WK - five times a week 4WK - four times a week 3WK - three times a week 2WK - twice a week 	I dispute this,more likely "1 qds for 2wk" meaning 1 taken 4 times a day for 2 weeks
QWK - once a week                                                                                                  	Needs verifying common abbreviation
2MT - twice a month                                                                                                	Needs verifying common abbreviation
QMT - once a month                                                                                                 	Needs verifying common abbreviation
anyway give convincing rational for including items not currently included - ?ventenary-only ? David Ruben  Talk  00:45, 19 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Redirect of "List of dosage abbreviations"

message: bisacodyl RC, I imagine it means PR - but what is does RC stand for?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 141.214.17.5 (talk) 14:08, 13 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  RC 

message: The inclusion of a second list of "Not recommended" abbreviations at the bottom of List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions makes no sense, since List of medical abbreviations: Do-not-use list covers this topic exclusively. Regardless of the merge decision, this must be rectified.
As per merging, I think it is very important we indicate that some of the abbreviations on List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions are on the official United States Do-Not-Use list! Without these caveats, the article is presenting antiquated information! It would be a simple matter to create an annotated list merging List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions and List of medical abbreviations: Do-not-use list. Perhaps abbreviations on the official United States Do-Not-Use list could have a red background, abbreviations which are not recommended a yellow background and the rest the usual gray background. I'll wait a week or two for responses and then proceed. Scientific29 (talk) 03:26, 12 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Merge complete! Scientific29 (talk) 22:22, 11 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging [[List of medical abbreviations: Do-not-use list]] into this article

message: It's inappropriate to have one code for "not recommended by American authorities" and another for "not recommended in at least one place anywhere else in the world". Reference an international body, such as the WHO, or don't have a separate colour code depending on which national body advises against the abbreviation, or don't colour code at all. And, in response to an earlier post, medical students really should not be using Wikipedia as a guide, and Wikipedia should definitely not be tailoring itself to make it a better how-to guide for medical students.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.249.202.45 (talk) 02:37, 8 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  American bias 

message: Am I correct in thinking that this matches the traditional use of c/ in ordinary use, which has in recent decades generally given way to w/?Varlaam (talk) 23:53, 2 April 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: c in general is short for 'cum' which is Latin for 'with' 163.40.114.55 (talk) 23:01, 9 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  <span style="text-decoration: overline">c</span> for "with" 

message: no mention of apothocary system which is what I think the article tries to say about number 1-3.  It is somewhat incorrect as the appothecary system can go to 4 with the numbering system.
also 
TIW = three times per week.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 163.40.114.55 (talk) 18:19, 15 April 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[apothocary system]] and TIW 

message: I didn't find it in the article... so just mentioning it here. --118.96.148.144 (talk) 06:58, 29 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  SUC is substance use calendar 

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message: I had some ideas for improvements but wanted to share here first. This article has an issue in that it reads like a WP:TEXTBOOK, like one intended for an American medical student. We should remove the discouraged practices section and the section about handwriting. The color codes on the list should be removed, and instead we should use footnotes to indicate deprecated items because it is more standard for lists on WP and looks better visually (that's assuming we should indicate them at all–I don't know for sure). Lastly, I'm not sure the section about numerals is within the scope of this list article. Pythagimedes (talk) 07:13, 19 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article needs trimming 

message: Section Table is missing one of the commonest abbreviations of all, 'm.' for mitte. The table includes 'mit., mitt.' = mitte but the translation is incorrect: it is too specific.  It should not be 'number of tablets provided ' but 'send' or 'dispense', i.e. what is to be sent out to the patient, which could be a quantity of liquid, number of tablets or capsules, or any other formulation.  A typical traditional prescription is in three sections, Rx, m.,  and sig., i.e. 'Prepare', 'Send', and 'Label'. For instance:
 Rx  caps. niacin
 m. 90
 sig.  t.i.d.  p.o.
I will make the change but I thought the details should be mentioned here, as this is the style I was accustomed to personally circa 1965 but I haven't found a good reference. D Anthony Patriarche (talk) 07:52, 6 April 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Table missing 'm.',  incorrect translation of 'mitte' 

message: I gather TT is in use, alongside OM etc, to specify a time of day - tea-time.  (It seems likely this is an English / British thing!)  Anyone know?  Source?? 2A04:B2C2:405:EB00:7179:2ED1:8D08:3FC5 (talk) 13:02, 4 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  TT .. ? = tea-time!