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Default Oct 08, 2015 at 08:28 PM
 
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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
year there are many abbreviations like pdoc that can be confusing...

there's one for 'as needed' meds that I don't remember at the moment....

many others...

prn. = as needed. I forget what it actually stands for .. I'm pretty sure it's something Latin though. Those tricky doctors, using a dead language!

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