Which abbreviation stands for Treatment or prescription?

• A. Tx
• B. Rx
• C. s/p
• D. s/s

Answer: (B)

In medical charts, prescription orders are labeled with Rx. This comes from the Latin recipe meaning “take this,” and it’s the standard symbol used to indicate medications that should be prescribed or dispensed. Tx, on the other hand, generally means treatment or therapy and isn’t the usual shorthand for a medication order. The other two, s/p and s/s, stand for status post (past event) and signs and symptoms, respectively. So the abbreviation forPrescription or medication order is Rx.