Pharmacy shorthand still has me cross-eyed...

2026-10-28 51 views 1 post

Quick milestone list from my kitchen table, because the pharmacy printout and I are not friends yet:

  • Good: I matched two of the abbreviations to my own refill history without bugging the counter.
  • Bad: one code still looks like alphabet soup, and I made two phone calls before admitting I was lost.
  • Numbers: four columns, three mystery letters, one very patient pharmacist, and a 20-minute wait that turned into a chat about the school bake sale. I clipped a plain-English cheat sheet in my insurance folder so I don’t re-ask the same thing every month. Anyone else keep a decoder ring for their local pharmacy paperwork?