prescription label

Pharmacy bottle sticker

A prescription label is the information affixed to medication packaging by a pharmacy, identifying the patient, prescriber, drug name, dosage instructions, refill information, and warnings.

Reading the prescription label carefully prevents dangerous errors: The prescription label said to take two tablets twice daily with food.

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refill · doctor · instructions · pills · sticker · expiration · patient · name · directions · tablets · capsules · pharmacist · rx · milligrams · take with food · side effects · twice daily · as directed

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Message inscribed manually

word of mouth · plain wrapper

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Substance producing the effect

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G