A patient comes into the drugstore and gives the pharmacy technician a handwritten prescription from his physician. The writing is barely legible, but it looks like the ordered medication is spelled Z-O-C-C-O-R-E. The pharmacy technician looks up the name in the Physicians' Desk Reference but cannot find it. The pharmacist is on the phone with a physician and is not currently available. What should the pharmacy technician do?

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If the handwriting is so illegible that the pharmacy technician cannot read the name of the medication, it is a good idea to verify the rest of the prescribing information as well, including the dose and frequency of administration.

A Patient Comes into the Drugstore and Gives the Pharmacy