Medicine Directions
AFTER=p
AFTERNOON=PM
AFTER_MEALS=pc
APPLY=admov
AROUND_THE_CLOCK=atc
AS_DIRECTED=tin
AS_MUCH_AS_DESIRED=ql
AS_REQUIRED=prn
AT_BEDTIME=hs
BEFORE=a
BEFORE_MEALS=ac
BEFORE_NOON=AM
DAILY=od
DAY=d
DISCONTINUE=dc,D/C
DRINK=bib
EVERY=q
EVERY_DAY=qd
EVERY_EVENING=qp
EVERY_HOUR=qh
EVERY_MORNING=qm
EVERY_NIGHT=qn
EVERY_OTHER_DAY=qod
EVERY_OTHER_NIGHT=qon
FOUR_TIMES_A_DAY=qid
FREELY=ad lib
HALF=ss
HALF_AN_HOUR=s
HOUR=hr
IF_NECESSARY=sos
MINUTE=min
NOTHING_BY_MOUTH=npo
OF_EACH=aa
QUANTITY_SUFFICIENT=qpm, qn
THREE_TIMES_A_DAY=tid
THREE_TIMES_A_NIGHT=ut dict
TWICE_A_DAY=bid
WITH=c
WITHOUT=qs
AEROSOL=aer
APOTHECARY=apoth
AQUEOUS=aq
CAPSULE=cap
CHEMICAL=chm
DILUTE=dil, dilut
DISSOLVE=solv
DROP=gtt, gt
ELIXIR=elix, el
EXTRACT=ext
FLUID=fld
GARGLE=garg
LINIMENT=linim
LIQUID=liq
LOTION=lot
MIXTURE=M
OINTMENT=ung
PILL=pil
POWDER=pulv
SOLUTION=sol, soln
SPIRIT=spt
SUPPOSITORY=supp
SYRUP=syr
TABLET=tab
TINCTURE=tinct
HYPO=hypodermic (injections)
IC=intracavitary
ID=intradermal
IM=intramuscular
INHAL=inhalation
INJ=injection
IT=intrathecal
IV=intravenous
IVP=intravenous push
IVPB=intravenous piggyback
MDI=metered dose inhaler
P= parenteral
PO=orally
PR=per rectum
SL=sublingual
SQ=subcutaneous
TDD=transdermal drug delivery
TOP=topically