Doctorspeak - common medical abbreviations

[[Buddie]]

all the acronyms used on this site should be easily accessible - i have a vague knowledge of medical abbreviations for dosage because i worked for health care financing for yrs - but this site has its own stuff i am not aware of.

to deal with side effects on a governmental level would of been considered political - we only dealt with drugging people.

[[Buddie]]

Hi

The following is a list of common abbreviations used within the medical profession and at BenzoBuddies. If there are some omissions, please reply to this post and we will add them to the list.

• b.i.d.  two times per day
• CBC  Complete Blood Count
• c/o  crossover
• c/t  cold turkey
• d/c discontinue
• dx  diagnosis
• hx  history
• PCG  Primary Caregiver
• PCP  Primary Care Physician
• PRN  as needed
• pt  patient

• q  every
• q.d.  once a day
• q.h.  every hour
• q.i.d.  every four hours (sometimes 'four times a day')
• q.n.  Every night
• rx  prescribe
• script  prescription
• SOB  Short Of Breath
• sx  symptom
• t.i.d.  three times per day
• tx  treatment
• w/d  withdrawal

Abbreviations are best avoided, but repeatedly using whole words and phrases can sometime be tiresome. If you are using a medical term several times within a post, it it would be better to write something like this:

We always advise against a c/t (cold turkey) withdrawal as it can be dangerous and counter productive. Unfortunately many come here having already attempted a c/t withdrawal.

Simply, explain the abbreviation the first time you use it within a post.

They all look good to me except "every night". That is usually written as  "qhs".
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[[Buddie]]

Hi NT,

Is it that q.n is wrong, or can it be either?

Thanks.

[[Buddie]]

Not sure. Good question. All I know that in my 15 years of nursing here and in Canada I have never encountered qn as every night. Just qhs.

[[Buddie]]

Not sure. Good question. All I know that in my 15 years of nursing here and in Canada I have never encountered qn as every night. Just qhs.

Ditto for me. In the US, that is.   

[[Buddie]]

Hello,

I know its not an abbrevitation, but can someone explain to me what "windows" means?

Appreciate,

[...]

[[Buddie]]

Hello,

I know its not an abbrevitation, but can someone explain to me what "windows" means?

Appreciate,

[...]

It's when you are feeling somewhat normal, without symptoms. A window (an opening) of normalcy. [...] I've helped, maybe someone else can explain it better. 

[[Buddie]]

Yes, that has helped. Now I understand what it means,

thank you 

[...]

[[Buddie]]

Maybe we should write up a similar sticky for commonly used phrases used on this forum. What do you all think?

[[Buddie]]

Maybe we should write up a similar sticky for commonly used phrases used on this forum. What do you all think?

I think that's a great idea! It would help a lot.