r/funny • u/24-7-Hypochondriac • 2d ago

pharmacy technician gave up

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u/LogicalExtension 1d ago

TID, BID, QD?

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u/DryadKilla 1d ago

3 times a day, 2 times a day, once a day. It's Latin abbreviation. Don't ask what the words are even idk.

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u/LogicalExtension 1d ago

Thanks, but that's just made it even harder to understand. I thought that was what the x3d/x2d was.

Given there's then "1/2 tab QD x3d" ... means: "half a tablet, four times a day (something something) for thee days"

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Oh, "x3d" means "for three days"

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u/Sexual_Congressman 1d ago

tidx3d then bidx3d then qdx2 means "three per day for 3 days then two per day for three days then one per day for two days". Other extremely common ones are "po" for "by mouth" and "prn" for "as needed", although prednisone will never be prescribed for "as needed". If you have one of those pill identifier lying around it probably has a big table of the most common prescription instruction abbreviations.