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1-1/2 as he is referring to the tablet/pill.

Posted By: sm on 2009-04-02
In Reply to: drug dosage - psa

Subject: 1-1/2 as he is referring to the tablet/pill.

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40-mg tablet; XXX 40 mg a day - use hyphen when it's describing the tablet. nm
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ASSESSMENT/PLAN 

Sinusitis/bronchitis – prednisone 60 mg to 10 mg, decreasing by 10 mg daily; Avelox 400 mg daily for 14 days, and then take PSE 1 tablet b.i.d; Albuterol MDI 2 puffs every 6 hours. 
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Subject: Could be 1/2 of a 200-mg Plaquenil tablet. See if

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half tablet
Subject: half tablet

BOS likes us to use numbers as much as possible:

1/2 tablet daily

but one-half tablet is not incorrect.
Beelith tablet
Subject: Beelith tablet

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one-half tablet daily is what I would put
Subject: one-half tablet daily is what I would put

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Are you sure its not lisinopril - because that does come in a 2.5 mg tablet dose
Subject: Are you sure its not lisinopril - because that does come in a 2.5 mg tablet dose


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Subject: atenolol a half-a-tablet daily or

one-half-tablet daily or....?  TIA!
ACIPHEX (20 mg) is a delayed release tablet , and the recommended
Subject: ACIPHEX (20 mg) is a delayed release tablet , and the recommended

adult dosage is one Aciphex 20 mg q.d........so, just questioning why the directions are to take "half."

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Stedman's Lab shows Ictotest reagent tablet.. nm
Subject: Stedman's Lab shows Ictotest reagent tablet.. nm

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Subject: patient on Sinemet 25/100 qid and *pixa* 50/200 tablet at night. Thanks. nm

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Dr says exactly: 4. Continue Fetrin capsule SA-lun 1 tablet a day". Never heard of SA-lun?
Subject: Dr says exactly: 4. Continue Fetrin capsule SA-lun 1 tablet a day". Never heard of SA-lun?

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uh, pill chill?
Subject: uh, pill chill?

nm
Could it be instead of a pill once a day, a drink once a day.
Subject: Could it be instead of a pill once a day, a drink once a day.

Medifast comes in a shake that can be taken in conjunction with a diet?
pill-rolling
Subject: pill-rolling

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pill endoscopy?
Subject: pill endoscopy?

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pill endoscopy
Subject: pill endoscopy

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Subject: Diet supplement/pill

Leptopril® I have also found Leptoprin-SL
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Subject: that wouldn't fit with the context...Aggrenox is a pill,

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Water pill s/l glythaladone. Not Thalitone. Thx! nm
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Subject: there is a drug Enpresse that is a birth control pill


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Subject: birth control pill s/l **ball-viva**... TIA nm

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Subject: Time to take your pill, Milton. You're waaay out of line. nm

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Subject: drug name: S/L ekforge, which is Norvasc and Diovan 5/160 one-half of a pill daily


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Subject: what? What are you referring to?

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Subject: I don't think so because that would be referring to someone

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Subject: Could be referring to

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Subject: Referring to MI?

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Subject: I believe it's referring

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Subject: You are right - referring to those 3 tests - and I would (sm)

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drop, can, and arc.

Thanks, that helps! That's probably what he was referring to then.
Subject: Thanks, that helps! That's probably what he was referring to then.

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Subject: If it's got caine on the end, it's referring to an

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Subject: Could be referring to troponin I being 713..nm

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Subject: Sentence please, what is it referring to?

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Subject: radiopharmaceutical - he is referring

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