Question

Prescription #2 Dr. Benedict wants Mr. Williams to have Crestor 20 mg, one capsule orally once daily for 3 months total, Patient Name: Mr. Williams Rx Crestor 20 mg # Sig Refills Physician: Dr. Benedict Fill in the quantity portion #

How many pills do you dispense? (84 and 90 are wrong)
What is this prescription is sig?
What is the refill? (0 and 1 are wrong)

Answer 1

Rx: Crestor 20mg# 30.

The pharmacist should dispense 30 pills. Because Crestor is a generic name, the patient gets a refill every time. After completing of pills by using the saving card and pay as low as $3 for every refill. So the doctor advised dispensing only 30 pills for the benefit of the patient.

Sig: i po qhs

Sig is the medical abbreviation used by the doctor which will describe the directions for prescriptions. It helps to avoid medical errors. Here physician advised one capsule orally daily for 3 months. Hence the sig i indicates 1 pill, po denotes by mouth, and qhs denotes at bedtime.

Refills: 2 times

It is refilling of Crestor medication as with the original prescribed dose and instructions. The refill date is recorded every time. The doctor advised for 3 months. Initially, dispense for 1month(30 days), then 2 times refilled for the remaining 2 months(refill at 2nd month, 3rd month).