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What does BD mean in a medicine prescription?
I assume what your are talking about is on the hand written prescription (from your doctor)? Doctors use a form of shorthand; if you will…(probably latin abbreviations)… That is understood within the medical community ie; doctors, nurses, pharmacists & etc. Here are some examples: BD=twice daily/bi-daily PO=to be taken orally/by mouth NPO=not taken orally/by mouth AC=before meals PC=after food PR=rectally TDS=three times a day QDS=four times a day.
I assume what your are talking about is on the hand written prescription (from your doctor)? Doctors use a form of shorthand; if you will…(probably latin abbreviations)… That is understood within the medical community ie; doctors, nurses, pharmacists & etc. Here are some examples: BD=twice daily/bi-daily PO=to be taken orally/by mouth NPO=not taken orally/by mouth AC=before meals PC=after food PR=rectally TDS=three times a day QDS=four times a day.
There is no such abbreviation in use that I am aware of. One of the most common abbreviations is b.i.d. It means twice daily. From the Latin bis in die. On a handwritten Rx, the I in BID might be obscured (due to the notorious bad handwriting of doctors), so it would look like BD.
There is no such abbreviation in use that I am aware of. One of the most common abbreviations is b.i.d. It means twice daily. From the Latin bis in die. On a handwritten Rx, the I in BID might be obscured (due to the notorious bad handwriting of doctors), so it would look like BD.
I assume what your are talking about is on the hand written prescription (from your doctor)? Doctors use a form of shorthand; if you will…(probably latin abbreviations)… That is understood within the medical community ie; doctors, nurses, pharmacists & etc. Here are some examples: BD=twice daily/bi-daily PO=to be taken orally/by mouth NPO=not taken orally/by mouth AC=before meals PC=after food PR=rectally TDS=three times a day QDS=four times a day.
I assume what your are talking about is on the hand written prescription (from your doctor)? Doctors use a form of shorthand; if you will…(probably latin abbreviations)… That is understood within the medical community ie; doctors, nurses, pharmacists & etc. Here are some examples: BD=twice daily/bi-daily PO=to be taken orally/by mouth NPO=not taken orally/by mouth AC=before meals PC=after food PR=rectally TDS=three times a day QDS=four times a day.
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There is no such abbreviation in use that I am aware of. One of the most common abbreviations is b.i.d. It means twice daily. From the Latin bis in die. On a handwritten Rx, the I in BID might be obscured (due to the notorious bad handwriting of doctors), so it would look like BD.
There is no such abbreviation in use that I am aware of. One of the most common abbreviations is b.i.d. It means twice daily. From the Latin bis in die. On a handwritten Rx, the I in BID might be obscured (due to the notorious bad handwriting of doctors), so it would look like BD.
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