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Read a French prescription: ordonnance and dosage
A French doctor's ordonnance: two medicines, how many tablets, how often and for how long. Understand qsp, matin et soir, and non renouvelable.
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A French ordonnance lists each medicine with the dose (1 comprimé), frequency (matin et soir), duration (pendant 7 jours) and quantity (QSP 7 jours = enough for 7 days). Non renouvelable means you need a new prescription for more.
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Dr Anne Morel · Médecin généraliste
Ordonnance
Patient
NomM. Hugo Lambert
Datele 14 octobre
Traitement
1. Amoxicilline 1 g : 1 comprimé matin et soir, pendant 7 jours. QSP 7 jours.
2. Paracétamol 1 g : 1 comprimé en cas de douleur ou de fièvre, à espacer d'au moins 6 heures. Maximum 3 comprimés par jour.
Non renouvelable.
Signature du médecin
Words from the document
| French | English |
|---|---|
| une ordonnance | a prescription |
| un comprimé | a tablet |
| matin et soir | morning and evening |
| pendant 7 jours | for 7 days |
| QSP (quantité suffisante pour) | enough for |
| renouvelable | repeatable |
In France you take the ordonnance to any pharmacy with your carte Vitale (health card); the pharmacist checks it and often explains the dosage again. Pharmacists may give you a generic medicine (un générique) instead of the brand name unless the doctor writes non substituable.
- une prescription (the paper)une ordonnance
The paper is une ordonnance.
- une pilule de paracétamolun comprimé de paracétamol
La pilule usually means the contraceptive pill.