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Posted by linkadge on December 28, 2003, at 16:02:08
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Posted by Ed O`Flaherty on December 28, 2003, at 16:19:09
In reply to BID QD TID what do they mean ?, posted by linkadge on December 28, 2003, at 16:02:08
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Bd or I believe bis die in latin means twice daily. tid means tres in die or three times a day.qid or qd means quattor in die or four times a day.
Posted by KellyD on December 28, 2003, at 16:25:38
In reply to Re: BID QD TID what do they mean ?, posted by Ed O`Flaherty on December 28, 2003, at 16:19:09
qid or qd means quattor in die or four times a day.
>qid is four times a day but qd is every day, usually once.
Posted by zenhussy on December 28, 2003, at 17:22:43
In reply to BID QD TID what do they mean ?, posted by linkadge on December 28, 2003, at 16:02:08
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Linkadgeb.i.d. ---twice a day
q.d. ---every day/once a day
q.i.d. ---four times a day
t.i.d. ---three times a day
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Posted by Sebastian on December 30, 2003, at 12:04:00
In reply to BID QD TID what do they mean ?, posted by linkadge on December 28, 2003, at 16:02:08
The T with a number of dots above it says the number of pills. One dot one pill 2 dots, etc.
So a T with 3 dots BID, means take 3 pills twice a day. 6 pills.
Posted by Larry Hoover on December 31, 2003, at 8:21:42
In reply to Re: BID QD TID what do they mean ?, posted by Ed O`Flaherty on December 28, 2003, at 16:19:09
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> Bd or I believe bis die in latin means twice daily. tid means tres in die or three times a day.qid or qd means quattor in die or four times a day.
>I hate to be pedantic (Do you believe me? I don't....heh), but....
b.i.d. bis in die Latin for twice in a day
t.i.d. ter in die, thrice in a day
q.i.d. quater in die, four times in a day
q._h. quaque _ hora, every (some number) of hours (some docs might write qqh (quaque quater hora, instead of q4h)
q.d. quaque die, every day
q.h.s. quaque hora somni, every hour of sleep
p.r.n. pro re nata, as the occasion arisesthe literal translations can be awkward, but here's a user-friendly link to medical abbreviations and their meanings:
http://www.media4u.com/abb/medical_abbreviations.htm
Lar
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