SID,BID...
When the vet prescribed the medications. They always wrote down sth like 1/2 tablet, SID/BID...EOD. They mentioned SID means once a day, BID twice a day, EOD every other day. I feel curious what the alphabet like S or B exactlt stand for? What's the abbreviation of Three Times A Day then? Thank you for your answer in advance. :)*exactly

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SID,BID...
When the vet prescribed the medications. They always wrote down sth like 1/2 tablet, SID/BID...EOD. They mentioned SID means once a day, BID twice a day, EOD every other day. I feel curious what the alphabet like S or B exactlt stand for? What's the abbreviation of Three Times A Day then? Thank you for your answer in advance. :)*exactly

Answer

Medical prescription instructions are often abbreviations of Latin words, Haru. You can see most of the meanings here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_abbreviations_used_in_medical_prescriptions

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