Month: November 2016

Defining Generic & Drug Brand Names
November 20, 2016 webadmin Comment

Doctors are encouraged to prescribe by using the generic name. This is because: The generic name is the one doctors are trained to use. There are sometimes many brand (trade) names for one medicine. Possible confusion or mistakes are reduced if all doctors use the same names when talking about

Reading & Interpreting Prescriptions
November 1, 2016 webadmin Comment

Reading & Interpreting Prescription Form

The “sig” is written before the directions on a prescription. The word “Sig” comes from an abbreviation of the Latin word “Signetur,” which means “let it be labled”. Also referring to a string of Prescription Abbreviations found on a drug order. When the sig is properly decoded, it becomes the