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    Apr 18, 2009, 09:23 AM
    Symbol given to nurse by doctors on prescriptions for patient.
    The medication prescription the doctor gave to my nurse to give to me on leaving the hospital has a sign, like a T with a dot over it. It has something to do with pills. Does anyone know exactly what this symbol means?
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    Apr 18, 2009, 11:45 PM

    Does it look like the sign for pie (the mathematical symbol)
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    Apr 19, 2009, 10:54 AM
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    No, not PI symbol. As I said, letter T with black dot over it
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    Apr 20, 2009, 09:06 PM

    could be tid which means 3X daily but I am not sure cause I have not seen the script
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    Apr 20, 2009, 09:31 PM

    It means ONE time
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    Apr 20, 2009, 09:33 PM

    ONE does
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    Apr 20, 2009, 09:34 PM

    OK
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    Apr 20, 2009, 09:34 PM
    Oops sorry, it means ONE DOSE
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    Apr 20, 2009, 09:39 PM
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    Thanks
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    Apr 20, 2009, 09:45 PM

    richka, the symbol T with a dot over it would mean one pill. A symbol for 2 pills would have 2 vertical lines crossed at the top with a horizonal line (like a double TT) and have 2 dots on top, 3 pills would be TTT with 3 dots on top. Then there would be a direction to take it daily (q.d.), twice a day (b.i.d.), three times a day (t.i.d.), or four times a day (q.i.d.), and/or at bedtime (h.s.), hope that helps.
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    Jan 12, 2011, 12:23 AM
    Another symbol is a small "c" with a bar over the top and it means "with".
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