without a doctor's prescription

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• prescription — pre·scrip·tion /pri skrip shən/ n [partly from Middle French prescription establishment of a claim, from Late Latin praescription praescriptio, from Latin, act of writing at the beginning, order, from praescribere to write at the beginning,… …   Law dictionary

• Doctor shopping — refers to the practice of a patient requesting care from multiple physicians, often simultaneously, without making efforts to coordinate care or informing the physicians of the multiple caregivers. This usually stems from a patient s addiction to …   Wikipedia

• Medical prescription — ℞ redirects here. For other uses of Rx, see Rx. A prescription (℞) is a health care program implemented by a physician or other medical practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the plan of care for an individual patient.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• Eyeglass prescription — Using a phoropter to determine a prescription for eyeglasses An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist or ophthalmologist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber has deemed… …   Wikipedia

• repeat prescription — UK US noun [countable] [singular repeat prescription plural repeat prescriptions] british a document allowing you to get another amount of medicine that your doctor has given you before, without going back to the doctor Thesaurus: work or job of… …   Useful english dictionary

• repeat prescription — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms repeat prescription : singular repeat prescription plural repeat prescriptions British a document allowing you to get another amount of medicine that your doctor has given you before, without going back to the… …   English dictionary

• q.h. (on prescription) — Abbreviation for "every hour." On a prescription or doctor s hospital orders, q.h. means every hour. Also written qh (without the periods). From the Latin quaque meaning once + h for hour. However it is written, it is one of a number of …   Medical dictionary

• non-prescription — non pre scription adj [only before noun] a non prescription drug is one that you can buy in a shop without a written order from a doctor = ↑over the counter …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• non-prescription — UK / US adjective non prescription medicines are ones that you can buy without written permission from a doctor …   English dictionary

• repeat prescription — re,peat pre scription noun count BRITISH a document allowing you to get another amount of medication that your doctor has given you before, without going back to the doctor …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety.       In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …   Universalium