It means take 1 or 2 (med dose - pills, teaspoons, etc.) every 6 hours. The "q" means "every" in medical terminology.
q is the medical abbreviation meaning every or each.
q AM is the medical abbreviation meaning "every morning."
i po q am
On a prescription it means "every morning".
If it is on a prescription, the po means 'by mouth' and q means 'every'P isn't a normal medical abbreviation by itself
The medical abbreviation for every four hours is q4h.q4h
The symbol of heat is Q.
The medical abbreviation for "every 4 hours as needed" is "q4h prn." Here, "q" stands for "every," "4h" indicates the interval of four hours, and "prn" means "as needed." This abbreviation is commonly used in medical prescriptions and notes to guide dosing schedules.
It is part of a prescription, instructing 150mg of a drug to be given by mouth and then the q will be part of the dose frequency...for example qd = twice daily.
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qd=every daybid=twice a daytid=three timesw a daythat would be Q D, for once a day.Daily in medical terminology is abbreviated qd.odQ Dod
1 po means one by mouth (swallowed). Q is an abbreviation meaning every. 1 po q is an incomplete statement; normally, a time interval would follow the q, so that "1 po qd" is one by mouth daily, and "1 po q6h" means 1 by mouth every 6 hours.