"Moan of the Day"

[Zoggite]

had a dental script presented today for
"Sodium fluoride mouthwash BP"
No quantities, no strength, no directions...
No dentist's phone number, and the practice stamp made the signature illegible...
Well, we struggled!
Couldn't find any mention of this mouthwash in the 1968 BP, our most up-to-date one; Martindale only mentions if preparations are USP, not BP; the BNF tells you that the 0.05% one, the 0.2% one, and the 2% one are all allowed on FP10D and WP10D, but doesn't actually tell you which strength the BP formula is; Superintendant's Office was stumped too, as was the NPA's information service...
AAARGGHHHH!!!!!!

[Steve G]

dentists are just a pain in the backside when it comes to prescriptions (see my posts about metronidazole qds).

Suppose the safest bet would be to go for the weakest one?

[johnep]

Dentists still persist in prescribing Amoxil Tabs.
1) Many pharmacies have no Amoxil 250/500mg in stock.
2) Where did this idea re tabs come from?
johnep

[Zoggite]

Today's doziest script (hospital Rx, handwritten):
"co-codamol 8/500: 2 puffs inhaled QDS"
no mention of quantity, or number of days' treatment to supply...

[johnep]

Often get ointments etc 'take one twice a day'.
Have a laugh when its pessaries or suppositories.
johnep

[Linnear]

Originally Posted by johnep

Often get ointments etc 'take one twice a day'.
Have a laugh when its pessaries or suppositories.
johnep

Yeah, for all the good they did I might as well of shoved em up me arse!


Classic joke in Scrubs:


Turk: The problem is that its pronounced analgesic and you should swallow them!

[Zoggite]

Today's loony script:
"R/ Ibuprofen 200mg tabs, mitte 84; Take 1 to 23 daily as required for pain"
This was a computer-generated script; What will happen when ETP arrives, and there won't be a human correcting dosages?

[Pharmanaut]

Originally Posted by Zoggite

Today's loony script:
"R/ Ibuprofen 200mg tabs, mitte 84; Take 1 to 23 daily as required for pain"
This was a computer-generated script; What will happen when ETP arrives, and there won't be a human correcting dosages?

There is a proposed standard for dosage coding, which we hope will be implemented along with supporting data to allow range checking.
I think its on the DM+D website if your interested.

[johnep]

Today had script for aciclovir 400mg x 20.
Dose one five times a day for five days. We gave 25 op.
johnep

[Jeff]

Originally Posted by Pharmanaut

There is a proposed standard for dosage coding, which we hope will be implemented along with supporting data to allow range checking.
I think its on the DM+D website if your interested.

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