Prescription is a written medication order to pharmacist by medical prescriber, for supply of medicine to a patient. It has some parts which have been explained in this presentation.

1. Prepared by,
NIRAV KUMAR SAPOLIYA
MASTER OF PHARMACY (PHARMACOGNOSY)
Department of Pharmacognosy
L. M. College of Pharmacy, Ahmedabad.

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What is prescription......................................................... 03
Importance of prescription............................................... 04
Types of prescription........................................................ 05
Parts of prescription.......................................................... 06
Date of the Prescription.................................................... 07
The Patient’s Name, Age, Sex and Address...................... 08
Superscription................................................................... 09
Inscription......................................................................... 10
Subscription...................................................................... 11
Signatura........................................................................... 12
The Prescriber’s Name, Address and signature................. 13
Pre compounded prescription............................................ 14
Compounded prescription.................................................. 15
Conclusion………………………………………………. 16
Reference……………………………………………....... 17

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Definition: A prescription is the written medication order by
the doctor, dentist, surgeon, veterinarian or an
other registered medical prescriber to the
pharmacist, for the supply of a medicine, dressing
or surgical appliance to a patient.

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 Means of communication between doctor and patient
and follow up
 Legal documentation
 Record source
 Trial for medical therapy

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PRESCRIPTION
Pre compounded {currently used}
(Drug is already prepared. Example: Paracetamol
tablet)
Extemporeous/compounded
(Pharmacist prepare medicine as directed by
prescriber)

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The prescription
contains following
information.
1. Date of the Prescription
2. The Patient’s Name, Age,
Sex and Address
3. Superscription
4. Inscription
5. Subscription
6. Signatura
7. The Prescriber’s Name,
Address and signature

7. Date of the Prescription
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 This is necessary for the
prevention of misuse of
prescription, especially
the ones which contain
narcotics and controlled
drugs.
 In case the date is not
written then the
Pharmacist should advice
the patient to visit the
doctor again.

8. The Patient’s Name, Age, Sex and Address
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 Patient’s complete
name, sex and
address should be
written to
avoid medication error and
to take follow ups.
 For a child the age is
also given to help when
the pharmacist is checking
the dose is one of main
parts of prescription.

9. Superscription
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This is the sign
Rx which is instruction
to the pharmacist.
It is derived from R
abbreviation for the
Latin word recipe,
meaning “take thou”,
and possibly prayer to
Jove (Jupiter) to god
of healing.

10. Inscription
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The name and quantities
of the medicament to be
supplied:
(a)Preparation formula
(b)Name of proprietary
or generic medicine

11. Subscription
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 It is instructions for
the Pharmacist.
 It may include
instruction
regarding the
flavour of the
product, label, and
quantity to be
dispensed.

12. Signatura
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Instruction for the patient
or pharmacist regarding
administration regime to
be followed.

13. The Prescriber’s Name, Address and signature
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A prescription can
be said valid only
if the prescriber
information like
name, degree,
address and his
License number is
written on it along
with handwritten
name or signature.

14. Pre compounded Prescription
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15. Compounded Prescription
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Prescriptions is an instruction written by a medical
practitioner that authorizes a patient to be issued with
a medicine or treatment..
In recent years the use of Latin has rapidly declined
until today only a few abbreviations and terms persist.
Nowadays over handwritten prescription computer
generated prescription is preferred.

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