na ova sabi dey worri dem

Not true. I always know my prescription. Maybe you don't understand the abbreviations.

Thaat thin u call crazy writing is a full semester course in medicine.....

Trust me, its a trade mark
And dts why u wont b able to use ur medical file for self medication later
Also it affords some kinda short hand writing....
It also makes dem fast... imagine a doctor is d onli person dt cn attend to 500 pple a day satisfactorily

This baffles me alot...but I think they're jst lazy wen it comes to writing

Partnerbiz2:
It's a way of protecting their jobs.
The profession has to be incestuous. The prescription should be cryptic too so that an ordinary person can't even interpret it.

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Done so that you won't understand the code.If you do,you can go and do self medication latter.The recipient who is an initiate in d field will decode it.Its like when policemen make short code communication and say 'over',alpha etc.

Very bad of them.

So you can keep returning to them and won't buy the medications if such an ailment re-occurs because there's an 100% probability patients will become affected by the same ailment at least ten times in their life times... by the way they practice that horrible handwriting

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No mind them. To use it to steal from you with outrageous bills.

Sultty:
Dis is due to their busy schedules and they normally won't bothered or create time making their handwriting look nice

Then why is it that pharmacist understand the handwriting and we don't

Medical doctors write fast when they were students, and use lots of shorthand signs, these grow with many of them and they are exhibited wherever they write.

I think it's just for security purpose so that the novice will not be able to decode or decrypt it, or rather, due to the fact that their job is mentally based rather than pen! Just an assumption sha!

derespect:
Why is it that medical practitioners use crazy writing when prescribing drugs for patients. It always bothers me and funny enough, even quack nurses and doctors will read and understand it? But why?

it is moral rules or principles of behaviour that should guide members of the profession or organization and make them deal honestly and fairly with each other and with their customers otherwise referred to as ETHICS

derespect:
Why is it that medical practitioners use crazy writing when prescribing drugs for patients. It always bothers me and funny enough, even quack nurses and doctors will read and understand it? But why?

Naso their brain dey...most of Dem don craze finish before Dem grad daz y dere handwriting resemble how dere brain b.

That happen wen d doctor is nt sure of Prescribing the particular drug for a treatment, thank God for phamcy that understand there ugly written

I think it's cos they write fast

When you combine medical terminology with approved medical abbreviations coupled with the fact that you must know transcription, they all become illegible to a non medical person.

Anyway, I saw one a few days ago, it read; stat AXR a.m

vincentjk:
I wish they stop using this writings

Because we hardly understand it

Especially after eating ewedu soup or watery beans

That is just it, so that you will not understand it and start prescribing drugs for yourself later on

It gives me the impression that doctors have very bad writing, let dem come defend themselves ooo

lilcashking:
Most of the times they only write elements of the drug not the actual drug name. For instance instead of you to write paracetamol in full you just abbreviate it to p.. ...bp 500mg

This is dangerous prescribing and very unprofessional.. P could stand for any other drug. You could get struck of if you try that in England.. No abbreviations..

Drs write fast because of there incredibly busy schedule, it becomes easier to understand / interpret if you work in that environment..

Because they're lazy.[/and unserious , thinking they are superhuman abi?]

It is shorthand.
It's so nobody can just go and start ordering prescriptions drugs any-kind-how.

So you won't be involved in self treatment.

It's simple. They sometime write the chemical name of the drugs with dosage and type of release which makes it hard for a lay man to understand.

They do it so that you wont be able to read the name of the medication...

...that way you'll not be able to by-pass them and go straight to the pharmacy to purchase the medicine next time you need medical attention

Augiiee:
This baffles me alot...but I think they're jst lazy wen it comes to writing

and unserious , thinking they are superhuman abi?]

Please the kind of comments we drop esp on issues we know nothing about is mind boggling.

Let me also inform you that it is your RIGHT to know whatever medication a practitioner recommends for you.

As for the writing style, if you look closely you must have realized drugs have both generic and trade names. A Lotta the stuff you see on your prescription paper is a scribbled abbreviation of the generic name and the dose. It is actually scribbled due to time constraint and because the pharmacist is sure to understand. Even roadside chemists understand the writing so I don't see why a Lotta peeps are acting confused.

Funny enough many doctors have fine handwriting. Just ask for their notes before you conclude.

As for me, I write two letters and draw a line, if you want to know the drug name then ASK!

If the writing fine then the doctor na quack

I think it's because of the spellings. The find it difficult to spell d names in d science field

I remember a school mate with bad handwriting told me that he doesn't write clearly because he wants to become a medical doctor