Prescription Codes

[stealthtrucker]

Hey everyone,

I've got a script for dexamphetamine 5mg. I got a repeat filled and on the new repeat copy that I got back with the medicine it said "Dexamphetamine Sulphate 5mg T (QA))"

What does T (QA)) mean?

Thanks

 

[Foreigner]

I think T QA means to be taken in the morning. Since it's a stimulant, that would make sense.

 

[stealthtrucker]

Hmm not sure about that because the dosage is 8 tablets daily. Any other suggestions?

 

[bunnymunro]

Latin is not capitalized whereas English acronyms are.
I dug this up... you may find something it looks like.. (take daily maybe?)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abbreviations_used_in_medical_prescriptions

 

[poledriver]

well then the T is probably for tablet yeah?

 

[poledriver]

QA is 'quality assurance' usually, not sure if it is in this case tho.

 

[bunnymunro]

if the op has capatilised correctly, you may be right about the Tablet.... if my sister in law the pharmacist wasnt such a judgemental suspicious bitch, I would ask her...

 

[rickolasnice]

I think it means tablet..

 

[aussie101]

tab means tablet, cap means capsule, p.o means by mouth orally. Then it usually says q.d, b.i.d, t.d.s, p.r.n, q.(x).h (with x replaced by number of hours)...

 

[aussie101]

Often for tablet the doctor would use T with a ' above it for amount of tablets

 

[ugly]

"Q" means every. "T" in some doctors' writing is the Roman numeral "1". It probably reads "take I tablet every "A" which you should reconsider. The A might actually be a number. That would be standard. "Take one tablet every (so many hours).

 

[aussie101]

i have never seen Q.A but quality assurance is a good guess. It may be there for confusion purposes. Or it may mean (query authority)

 

[aussie101]

Yes i would re-look at the a. It may be an 8. as in q8h

 

[ugly]

"Quit Abusing" for the win.

I laughed out loud.

 

[aussie101]

no comment. i do not do anything illegal

 

[aussie101]

fuckin straya!

 

[ugly]

Thank you for pointing that out. We are not criminals on blue light. So don't mess with your doctors prescription pad, even if you ever feel tempted. Resist. It would not be worth the jail time.

 

[aussie101]

I love medical students.

 

[ugly]

From what I know as a pharm tech and the research I have had to do, doctors literally do learn to write in a code. That makes it much harder to fake a script.

 

[aussie101]

I've always been partial to chemistry students myself

They are both sexy

From what I know as a pharm tech and the research I have had to do, doctors literally do learn to write in a code. That makes it much harder to fake a script.

indeed. this code is too hard for me to understand