Prescription Writing

The other corporate influence is that of managed care. The limits on approval, duration, or nature of therapeutic contact, or covered services themselves have turned prescription writing into one of the only reliable and reimbursable acts therapists can perform on behalf of their patients and their livelihood. The 15-minute medication check that has been established as the industry standard of care reduces the therapeutic alliance to an encounter between a prescriber, or... 

Table 1.2.1 Some commonly used Latin abbreviations in prescription writing ...

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In 1902, A Compend of Materia Medica, Therapeutics, and Prescription Writing prescribed Cannabis indica—Indian hemp for a variety of colorful conditions Uterine affections, as chronic metritis [inflammation of the womb], subinvolution, menorrhagia, dysmen-orrhoea [painful menstruation], etc.,—its powers as an anodyne and stimulant of the uterine muscular fibre render it a very efficient agent. ... 

Note Ivermectin is approved for use in the USA for the treatment of onchocerciasis and strongyloidiasis. See Chapter 66 Rational Prescribing Prescription Writing for comment on the unlabeled use of drugs. 

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Prescriber Order-Entry Module Common dosage order database of standardized inpatient and outpatient medication orders, ready for integration into providers order-entry or prescription-writing systems helps prevent prescribing errors. 

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