Medicine Label Words
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| medicine | something you take for an illness - for example, aspirin, cough syrup, or a prescription for a drug |
| warning | Be careful - Keep out of reach of children |
| label | paper on medicine bottles - gives you information |
| meal | breakfast, lunch, or dinner |
| tablet |  |
| one tablet 3 times daily |  3 x |
| Keep out of reach of children | put the medicine where children can't get it |
| Rx No | the number of your prescription |
| Dose | how much medicine you take and when you take it |
| Qty | quantity - the number of pills in this prescription |
| Refills | the number of times you can get more medicine without seeing your doctor |
| Before 9/30/08 | the expiration date - You can refill the prescription until this date. You cannot refill the prescription after this date. |
| Prescription | a doctor's order for medicine |