Posted by yxibow on March 7, 2006, at 21:32:48
In reply to Re: Experiences with Trileptal??????, posted by qbsbrown on March 7, 2006, at 20:00:07
> does BID typcially mean morning and night?
Yes. It could also mean noon and midnight, but its a general direction for twice a day, it comes from Latin which is used to this day for shorthand prescription writing... bis in die, or twice a day.
Some abbreviation searches :
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=6954
http://www.bluemarblemeds.com/RxShorthand.html
(acrobat) http://www.medschool.ucsf.edu/curriculum/clinical/guide/section3/notations.pdf
(acrobat)
http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~paley/spring03/assignments/HWFINAL/ewi2001/VeriScrip_poster.pdf
I'm sure Ed on here can give me a better list.So trileptal 300 would be *T (dotted T) bid, per the PDR. Although I take it **TT qd. I think thats how its written. I could be wrong.
I think its part of the medical conspiracy to confuse patients... j/k :). There must be a course or contest in medical school on how to write in the worst signatures possible.
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