Prescription Writing, How to write a prescription, Parts of Prescription, Prescription Format

, prescriptionwriting, prescriptionformate, partsofprescription, pharmacyd, pharmacydbyasim A medical prescription is an order (often in written form) issued by qualified health care professional physician or dentist) to a pharmacist or other therapist for a treatment to be provided to the patient. Prescription orders are divided into two types depending upon the availability of the prescribed medications. (i) Precompounded and (ii) Extemporaneous or Compounded Prescriptions The classical prescription should have the following essential parts in order: 1. Date: The date on which prescription is written. 2. The identity, age, sex, breed of an animal and address of owner also be mentioned. 3. Superscription: It consists of the symbol Rx, an abbreviation of the Latin word recipe which means take thou of. 4. Inscription: The inscription is the body of the prescription which lists the names and the amount of drugs to be incorporated in the prescription. 5. Subscri