can anybody translate this prescription?

[Pharmer John]

could anybody translate this prescription?? i dunno if i'm copying it correctly but as best as i can understand it reads...
siq: po Qam

 

[Wonderbread]

looks like xanax to me

 

[ketamatic]

'po Qam' means 'by mouth every morning'...

 

[NoriegA]

looks like latin to me...

 

[Denial]

is anyone in here knowledgable enough to compile a short reference to the shorthand, latin, and abbreviations commonly used by doctors on script pads??
it would be an interesting reference to use...

 

[fractal]

Alprazolam? i would say the 'am' is related to a benzodiazepine

 

[Alternity]

God...
Anyway, the requested list:
ABBREVIATION - TRANSLATION
a of each
adhib. to be administered
b.i.d. twice daily
b.i.n. twice a night
bis twice
c with
cap. a capsule
coch.mag a tablespoonful
commisce mix together
comp. compounded of
D dose
d. give
/d daily
dieb.alt every other day
div. divide
dos. dose
dur.dolor while pain lasts
( this is often written in English)
h.s bedtime
idem the same
m. et. n. morning and night
mod. praesc. in the manner written
no. number
omn.bid. every two days
omn.hor. every hour
omn. noct. every night
p.c. after meals
p.o. by mouth
p.r.n. as needed
q.i.d. four times daily
quotid. daily
sig. write or (let it be labeled)
s.o.s. if necessary
tab. tablet
t.i.d. three times daily
ut dict. as directed

 

[ikarus]

How about you just go get it filled and find out? And (assuming it's for recreational rather than legitimate medical purposes) who cares what the dosing directions are? The most important thing is what drug that you're actually getting and they don't write that in any sort of cryptic way (minus bad handwriting perhaps)