Chapter-1 PRESCR IPTION DEFINITION • Prescription is a written order from a registered medical practitioner or another properly licensed practitioner such as dentist, doctor, veterinarian, etc to a pharmacist to compound and dispensed a specific medication for the patient. • The prescription also contains the direction for the patients regarding the mode of administration of drugs which dispensed to him. • Thus prescription is a medium through which treatment is provided to patients by both the physician and pharmacist. • The prescriptions are generally written in the English language but Latin words or abbreviations are frequently used in order to save time. PART OF A PRESCRIPTION Prescriptions are generally written on a typical format which are usually kept as pads. A typical prescription consists of following parts:- 1. Date 2. Name, age, sex and address of the patient 3. Superscription 4. Inscription 5. Subscription 6. Signa