Thursday, August 28, 2008

Condense those Directions!

Alrighty we'll play a game from an actual script I received today.

Drug: Nitroquick 0.4mg Tablets SL
Directions: Take one tablet under tongue and lay down. Take a second tablet
in 5 minutes if the symptoms are not relieved. If symptoms are not gone in 5
minutes, take the third tablet and call 911. Do not take more than 3 tablets
without calling 911.


Now you have 3 lines with 30 characters per line to condense this (spaces count). Good luck<

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

If you are using PDX...you can just hit *nitro

Death of Houseplants said...

Use 1 tablet under tongue. May repeat every 5 minutes twice, if 3rd tablet taken call 911

I normally have 100 characters to work with so this is more condensed than normal for me. Prednisone directions, now those kick my butt.

Anonymous said...

if it's a long time patient...that gets ntg on a regular basis, I wouldn't have a problem changing that to "Take as directed by physician".

Anonymous said...

Oh I do love trying to cram the longer ones onto the label.

Take five tablets by mouth once daily for three days, then take four tablets by mouth once daily for three days, then take three tablets by mouth once daily for three days, then take two tablets by mouth once daily for three days, then take one tablet by mouth once daily for three days, then take one-half tablet by mouth once daily for four days.