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Legal permission slips that turn pharmacists into the bouncers of better living.
means Written orders from a licensed prescriber authorizing specific medications, doses, and instructions for a patient.
from From Latin praescribere, to write before — a directive set down in advance, literally pre-written authority.
Rx symbolAbbreviates Latin recipe, meaning take thou.
Bad handwritingDeadly scrawl prompted electronic prescribing reforms.
RefillsThat number caps how often you skip the doctor.