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They should ask a medical school for help ;)

My family is Ivy-League, all the way, and has the worst goddamn cursive writing I've ever seen. It can take me an hour to read a Christmas card from my sister.






I've always wondered how pharmacists can read those prescriptions. There must be some kind of course in university that they followed.

I think with experience they know how each medicine is usually written? It's often easier to listen/read when you already know what it is about.

A lot of it is understanding the abbreviations.

"2T BD IAF UF", 2 tablets, twice a day, immediately after food until, finished"


Not really a problem anymore, it's all been digitized at least for the most part.



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