Master List of Prescription Abbreviations (Sig Codes)

Prescription Abbreviations are often known as Sig Codes which are very important for a Pharmacist to remember. Doctors or Medical Practitioners use these abbreviations or sig codes in the prescription. Nowadays most Doctors use electronic prescriptions so the uses of these abbreviations are reduced highly. But it is very important for the Pharmacy school students or pharmacy technicians or pharmacists to learn and remember these codes as they are a Very Important part of the Pharmacy study. In this post, we have shared a master list of these abbreviations so it could help you a lot. We have also shared important books and important study notes you should also check them out.

List of All Prescription Abbreviations or Sig Codes

There are more than 120+ abbreviations are used while a prescription is being written, some of them are used very commonly and some of them are used very rarely. We here made the list of all the abbreviations that are used while writing a prescription. All abbreviations are classified into different categories like Drug Dosage Form, Measurement, Route of Administration and Time so you can find them accordingly.

Prescription Abbreviations or Sig Codes used for Drug Dosage Form

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Prescription Abbreviation or Sig Codes used for Route of Administration

Prescription Abbreviation or Sig Codes used for Time

Prescription Abbreviation or Sig Codes used for Measurement

Abbreviation	Meaning
tsp.	Teaspoon
tbsp.	Tablespoon
or ss	one-half
	one
a.a., aa	of each
ad	to, up to
aq. ad	add water up to
dil.	dilute
div.	divide
f, fl.	Fluid
fl. oz.	Fluid ounce
g., G., gm.	Gram
gtt.	Drop
l, L	Liter/Litre
mcg.	Microgram
mEq	milliequivalent
mg.	Milligram
ml., mL	Milliliter/Millilitre
q.s.	A sufficient quantity
q.s. ad	Add sufficient quantity to make

Prescription Abbreviation or Sig Codes used for Numbers

Other Prescription Abbreviation or Sig Codes

Abbreviation	Meaning
	without
c	With
disp.	Dispense
f, ft.	Make, Let it be made
NR	No refill
sig.	Label, write
ut dict., u.d.	As directed
s.o.s	when needed
NMT	not more than
da	give
D5W, DEW	dextrose 5% in water (intravenous sugar solution)
D5NS	dextrose 5% in normal saline (0.9%) (intravenous sugаr solution)
D5LR	dextrose 5% in lactated Ringer’s solution(intravenous sugаr solution)
D10W, D10W	dextrose 10% in water intravenous sugar solution)
cochl	spoonful
C.V.	tomorrow evening
c.n.	tomorrow night
c.m.	tomorrow morning
c.C.	with food [or]cubic centimetre
AAA	apply to affected area

Tips to remember Prescription Abbreviation or Sig Codes

Remembering these sig codes is a very confusing thing, so here we share a small tip which can solve your confusion.

When you see O remeber this is an eye which is also round.

When you see A remember this is Eyer because audio which we hear via our eyers is also conatins A.

When you see U remember this is as a face needing both eyes or ears.

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