Learning Task 6: Identify the part of the prescription medicine referred to by each statement. Write your answer
on your answer sheet.
1. It is the specific amount or quantity of medicine that should be taken in the body for
a given time.
2. It indicates the date the medicine was given or advised by the doctor for the
patient
to take.
3. It is found on top of the prescription.
4. It is written either in its generic name or in its commercial name or both.
5. It is the number of times the medicine should be taken following the dosage at a
given time.​