An Authorized Prescriber Gives a Patient a Prescription for Doxycycline

Multiple Choice

An authorized prescriber gives a patient a prescription for doxycycline 100 mg 20, cap I po BID pc. The pharmacy will interpret this as:

A) dispense 20 capsules of doxycycline 100 mg with patient instructions to take one capsule by mouth twice a day after meals.
B) dispense 100 capsules of doxycycline 20 mg with patient instructions to take two capsules by mouth once a day after meals.
C) dispense 20 capsules of doxycycline 100 mg with patient instructions to take one capsule once a day with meals.
D) dispense 100 capsules of doxycycline 20 mg with patient instructions to take one capsule by mouth twice a day before meals.