Can you read these prescriptions? (Round 2)
Update: Thanks to Kevin, MD, The Consumerist, and The Wall Street Journal Health blog, this entry is getting a lot of traffic. If you enjoy it, please take the time to Digg it. 
The first round was popular, so I thought I would share another round of Bad Prescriptions. Answers will be posted tomorrow (Thursday) night around midnight.
Remember there's more to a prescription than the drug. You need to get:
- Drug name
- strength
- directions
- quantity
- number of refills
The last prescription is totally legible. I have included it so you can cringe along with me. It was for a 6 year old child. And the folks in the Ivory Tower think MinuteClinics are bad…
Exhibit A:
Exhibit B:
Exhibit C:
(Standard disclaimer about electronic prescribing not being the perfect answer applies.)
[tags]Medicine, pharmacy, prescriptions, bad handwriting, doctor's handwriting[/tags]