Tips for remembering abbreviations for "Times of drug admin."

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Hi everybody,

I am taking a summer "Drug Calc." class and I have to memorize the abbreviations for the "times of drug admin." like a.c. = before meal; q.o.d. = every other day and I was wondering if anyone had any tips on making them easier to remember.

I guess it would be easier if I knew what the abbreviations stood for. For example, I assumed that p.c. = "post consumption" = after meal. Don't know if that's right or not but it works for me. But I have no idea what the "b.i.d." stands for to equal "twice a day". What do the b and i stand for?

If you have any tips or know of a good website that helps, please let me know.

Thanks,

Col

Originally posted by Catherine's mom

Here's how I remember it: "a" comes before "p" in the alphabet, so "a" is before and "p" is after--meals etc.

For the b.i.d., t.i.d, and q.i.d. I think of b as bi (two), t as tri (three) and q as quad (four).

Hope this helps.

Remember dates 1009 years AC, or 2003 BC - which mean before Christ and after. Thus A stands for before and B for after. Obviously Latin.

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