1.Source of Medicine The medicines we use come from various sources, including: a. Plants (flora, vegetable), such as digitalis folium, quinine, castor oil, codeine, etc. b. Animals (fauna, biology) such as fish oil, adeps lanae, cera, adrenaline etc c. Minerals (mining) such as potassium iodide, table salt, paraffin, vaseline. d. Synthetic (imitation/artificial) such as synthetic camphor, vitamin C, synthetic benzoic acid, hloramphenicol etc. e. Microbes such as the antibiotic penicillin fromPenicillium notatum. 2.Understanding Recipes In the general sense a recipe isFormulae Medicae, and is divided into: a.Formulae officinalis namely the recipes listed in the pharmacopoeia or other books and are standard b.Formulae magistralis namely a prescription written by a doctor according to his own opinion, sometimes a combination of an officinal formula with additions/subtractions. This is what is generally called a recipe Recipe is a written request from a doctor, dentist or veterinarian who is licensed based on statutory regulationsapplies to pharmacists managing pharmacies to provide and deliver medicines to sufferers. Recipes always start with the sign R/ which means recipe (take it). Behind this sign (R/) is usually the name and amount of the drug. Generally recipes are written in Latin. A complete prescription must contain: - Name, address and practice license number of the doctor, dentist orveterinarian - The date the prescription was written, the name of each drug or the composition of the drug - R/ sign on the left of each prescription - The signature or initials of the prescribing doctor in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. - Patient name, type of animal, age, and address/owner of the animal - Exclamation mark and doctor's initials for prescriptions containing drugs in excess of the maximum dose.(inscription) 2). Written instructions for use of the drug (signatura) 3). Initial/signature of the doctor who wrote the prescription (subcriptio) 4). Open the prescription writing sign with R/ (invocatio) 5). Name of medicine, quantity, form to be made and how to make it (praescriptio or ordinatio) Those who have the right to write prescriptions are doctors, dentists (limited to dental and oral medicine) and veterinarians (limited to animal medicine). Dentists are given permission to write prescriptions for all kinds of medicines for use by mouth, injection (parentral) or other methods of use, specifically to treat dental and oral diseases. Meanwhile, anesthesia / patirasaisgenerally still prohibited for dentists (SE) MOH No. 3.Prescription for immediate treatment For sufferers who require immediate treatment, doctors can give signs: Cito:quick Urgent:important Statim:important PIM:Periculum In Mora = dangerous if delayed. Written at the top right of the prescription, the pharmacist must prioritize the service of this prescription, including antidote prescriptions.If the doctor wants the prescription to be repeated, then it is written in the prescriptionIteratie.And it is written how many times the recipe can be repeated. For example, the iteration is 3 X, meaning the recipe can be served 1 + 3 repetitions = 4 For prescriptions containing narcotics, it cannot be written in iterations but always with a new prescription.