PO is the medical abbreviation for by mouth. When a doctor prescribes something as one tab po daily, it means you are to take one tablet daily by mouth.
PO means by mouth QD means daily so this means to take 1 tablet by mouth daily
3 tablets (tabs) by mouth (PO) daily
1 time in the morning
take 1 tablet at bedtime
T,1,TA,PO,BID T= TAKE 1=QUANTITY TA = TABLET OR CA FOR CAPSULE PO = BY MOUTH BID = TWICE DAILY; QD FOR ONCE DAILY TID FOR THREE TIMES AND QID OR Q6H FOR FOUR TIMES AND Q4H FOR EVERY FOUR HOURS. Make sure that what you write down is within normal medical practice or the pharmacy will make a call to the doctor asking for clarification.
The term "PO TID" on a doctor's prescription or order would mean: "by mouth, three times daily". PO means by mouth. This medical abbreviation, which is also written as: p.o. or po (lower case), comes from the Latin phrase "per os". The term TID means three times daily, or three times per daily. This medical abbreviation, which is also written as: t.i.d. or tid (lower case), comes from the later phrase "ter in die".
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.
e1 q po
PO means by mouth- (something like per/oral) BD means twice a day. (bi=2, D=daily) so these instruction together means take orally 2x a day.
PO-by mouth q-every
po (פה) = "here"
PO stands for purchase order