RULES OF THE DRUG PRESCRIPTION o Individually prepared preparations (IPP): oprepared in the pharmacies on the base of individual medical prescriptions o Ready-made drug preparations (RMP): o final preparations made by pharm. companies, o ready to be issued by the pharmacy to patients without any further modifications o PRESCRIPTION § official document compiled in accordance with fixed rules. § written in Latin language § must have all parts filled up, must be legible § corrections should be signed by the physician § following the abbreviation corr. (correxit-corrected) §written in a non-erasible manner § max. 2 kinds of medicines/one form of Rx recept recept Inscriptio Personalia aegroti Invocatio Ordinatio Compositio (Praescriptio) Subscriptio Signatura Stamp, name of the doctor date signature §Inscriptio §the heading of the prescription §Personalia aegroti §patient s personal data (name, surname, birth number and domicile) § Invocatio §induced by the abbreviation Rp. (recipe take). § Ordinatio § the actual prescription of the healing preparation = compositio + subscriptio + signatura compositio §RMP §the trade name in the nominative, §specification of pharmaceutical dosage form, §dose and package § § IPP § list of pharmacopoeial (officinal) names of substances in the genitive of singular §+ dosages and package ◦ SUBSCRIPTIO Instruction for the pharmacist §RMP – how many packages should be issued 4th case sg. or pl. Expeditionem originalem numero unam – Exp.orig.No.I Expeditiones originales numero duas – Exp.orig.No.II (duas) ◦ §IPP – how the preparation should be made of the prescribed components Misce fiat (sg) Misce fiant (pl) – mix to obtain … Different dosage forms: - misce fiat pulvis - M.f.pulv. , unguentum - M.f.ung. solutio - M.f.sol., oculoguttae - M.f.oculogutt SIGNATURA D.S. Detur (et) Signetur Exact use instruction for patient – dose, interval, where to apply instructions how the preparation should be used by the patients. D.S. 3 times a day 1 tbl. § date § the stamp of the health facility § the identification of the physician § and the physician s personal signature recept 201 Jopn Smith 220426/5698 Zlatá 5, 841 04,Praha Acidi borici 2,0 Vaselini albi ad 100,0 M. f. ung. D.S. twice a day on the focus MUDr. Radim Uzel 13.12. 2005 recept 201 John Smith 220426/5698 Zlatá 5, 841 4,Praha 13.12. 2005 MUDr. Radim Uzel Paralen 125 tbl. 20 x 125 MG Exp. orig. No. III (tres) D.S. 1 tablet in pain, maximum 4 per day Prescriptions Great Britain Germany RP GB RP SRN Prescriptions USA rx2california[1] Prescription Greece File0263 Electronic Prescription § Physician § Central server for data storage (SÚKL) § Pharmacy § Patient + his password/PIN Common and E-prescription