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"He will also add vitamin D to his regimen at 2 to 4,000 units per day."

How should I type this?  2-4,000?  2,000-4,000?  2 to 4,000?  I want it to be right. 

Subject: By AAMT rules, need help with period with drug values. (sm) Is this right? 1 gm 0.1 mg 1 mg

 I was taught that it was 1.0 mg but doc wants it to be just 1 mg and 1 gm. Help. Thanks.

Is it acceptable to type drug dosages with the number but not the unit of measure. For example Zocor 10 every night. I believe this may be confused with 10 pills instead of mg. What's acceptable on a verbatim account?

Good afternoon everyone.  I'm in need of some second opinions please.  When typing medication dosages, I have always transcribed them the same way for the last 12-1/2 years.  For example, Lortab 5 mg q.4h. p.r.n. pain. 

I have worked for the same company for a little over two years now and have never had QA say anything about this until last month, when I got a QA audit marking it off and changing it to Lortab 5 mg q. 4h. p.r.n. (with a space between the q. and the 4h.)  I thought okay, maybe I've been transcribing it incorrectly all lthis time and a new QA person picked up on it.  It happens, no big deal. 

So, I started transcribing it their way with the space, as in q. 4h.  and didn't think anything more about it.  Yesterday, I get another audit.  This time, I get dinged for typing it the way they wanted it the last audit q. 4h. with the space with a note stating it should be q.4h. with no space (the way I had been typing it). 

Now, I know they have been messing with all of the MTs big time lately, making changes daily from everything to hours, pay, policies, and procedures for vacation, days off, etc.  You name it, they've been doing it, and I really think they are trying to either find a reason to fire some of us or drive us to the point of insanity until we quit, but despite the games, I still want to make sure I'm doing my job correctly.  If I've been doing something wrong, I would like to correct it ASAP, except now I have no idea which one is correct. 

Sorry for the long, drawn out post, but I'm totally confused now and beyond frustrated.  Now, I'm questioning myself on everything, and I have no idea which way is correct as far the space or no space with the medication dosages.  Thank you for taking the time to read my question and rant.  I would appreciate any and all opinions on how you all transcribe this! 

I do not know how to spell the fx.  Can someone help me?

Coccidia (Coc·cid·ia) (kok-sid´e-ə) [Gr. kokkos berry]  a subclass of parasitic protozoa (class Sporozoea, phylum Apicomplexa) found in both vertebrates, including humans, and higher invertebrates; see coccidiosis. Their life cycle involves merogony, gametogony, and sporogony, and gamonts are usually present, with mature gamonts being small and typically intracellular, without an epimerite or mucron. Syzygy does not usually occur, but if it does, it involves anisogamous gametes. The subclass comprises three orders: Agamococcidiida, Protococcidiida, and Eucoccidiida.

Ferrex (iron supplement)

Alamag (antacid)

Senna (herbal supplement)

the Mayo Clinic website.  Here's where it was.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/signs-of-labor/PR00083

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in an online medical dictionary.  It is NOT ballotte or balot like he said..it's actually ballottement which is a maneuver used in a physical exam to estimate the size of an organ near the surface...so he didn't say the term correctly!!!   Thanks for your help. 

Think it fits the context

...but my mind is playing tricks on me.

Thanks again!