And neither is the money making scheme as now people will have to pay 3 times to get 3x 1 month scripts rather than once for a 3 month supply.
Carasays
Just easier to stick the abbreviation: Rx. Do they use that
in the UK is is it just a North American thing? (I lived with three
pharmacists during university.)
Wow….. Cara – we don’t tend to use Rx over here (at least
not in the area I live). We sometimes use “scripts”, but that
confuses people. Is it really that hard to just type the whole word
out?
Sarahsays
We use Rx in UK but just among health professionals not in communication with the public. It is considered poor practice to use abbreviations generally as can lead to confusion and misunderstanding.
I’ve heard my mum (a pharmacist) always say ‘script’ but never heard her say Rx. But really…. just… argh!!!
Sarahsays
If at all interested, Rx is written never spoken and used as shorthand in medical notes to mean ‘Prescription’ or ‘treatment’ (which is part of the meaning of prescription) in the same way that a capital delta (can’t add here as on iPod) is used to mean ‘diagnosis’. Difficult to write here but the actual symbol is a capital R with a slash through the right hand ‘leg’ of the letter. It is shorthand for the imperative form of the Latin verb ‘recipie’ meaning ‘Take…’. So is the first word of the instructions given to patients – ‘take 2 aspirin’ etc. Not surprised pharmacists don’t use though if they have cause to read medical notes would be familiar with it. Script is the day to day verbal shorthand but in formal communication the full ‘prescription’ should be used.
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Just Oh. My. God!! aarrggghhhh
And neither is the money making scheme as now people will have to pay 3 times to get 3x 1 month scripts rather than once for a 3 month supply.
Just easier to stick the abbreviation: Rx. Do they use that
in the UK is is it just a North American thing? (I lived with three
pharmacists during university.)
what Sarah said! Cheeky monkeys
Wow….. Cara – we don’t tend to use Rx over here (at least
not in the area I live). We sometimes use “scripts”, but that
confuses people. Is it really that hard to just type the whole word
out?
We use Rx in UK but just among health professionals not in communication with the public. It is considered poor practice to use abbreviations generally as can lead to confusion and misunderstanding.
I’ve heard my mum (a pharmacist) always say ‘script’ but never heard her say Rx. But really…. just… argh!!!
If at all interested, Rx is written never spoken and used as shorthand in medical notes to mean ‘Prescription’ or ‘treatment’ (which is part of the meaning of prescription) in the same way that a capital delta (can’t add here as on iPod) is used to mean ‘diagnosis’. Difficult to write here but the actual symbol is a capital R with a slash through the right hand ‘leg’ of the letter. It is shorthand for the imperative form of the Latin verb ‘recipie’ meaning ‘Take…’. So is the first word of the instructions given to patients – ‘take 2 aspirin’ etc. Not surprised pharmacists don’t use though if they have cause to read medical notes would be familiar with it. Script is the day to day verbal shorthand but in formal communication the full ‘prescription’ should be used.
But spelt right 😉