Why is Rx written on the prescriptions given by the doctors?

Answer 1

It's just a tradition. The first doctor to ever write a prescription was Dr. Rex Schlobotkin, He put his first name on the prescription form, but he was in an awful hurry, so he abbreviated it from Rex to just Rx. It's lasted until this day.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Rx can refer to:

1. The symbol that originated in medical prescriptions. "℞" (also written as "Rx") and "medical prescription" are sometimes used interchangeably. The use of ℞ in prescriptions originated as an astrological symbol that was written for talismanic reasons at the start of medical prescriptions. Later it changed into ℞ (an uppercase R with its tail crossed), and was used as an abbreviation for the Latin word recipe = "take" (imperative), i.e. an instruction to the pharmacist to take the items listed in order to prepare the medicine. When printing came, it was rendered as "Rx"
2. Rx or legend drug is a legal description in the United States for drugs that are only available on prescription from a licensed medical practitioner but are not controlled substances

Answer 4

Rx is a heading of prescription it is represented by sign Rj. R stands for latin Recipe & maens u take. stroke after is considered as an invocation to Jupiter is a god of healing. sign of Jupiter employed as request for healing.but now Rx is written instead of Rj.

Answer 5

Rx is an abbreviation of the Latin "recipe", singular imperative of *recipere*, "to take", and it has been used by pharmacists for centuries. The slant across the R's leg is the sign of the Roman god Jupiter, patron of medicine.

Answer 6

Rx is the medical abrevation of perscription

Answer 7

Early 20th century alteration of a latin symbol that meant literally take, like eat or by mouth.

Answer 8

because the x stands for x=marks the spot like a pirate map,
and the r stands for reed like read it
because you have to have a doctors signature on it to use it

its like the constitution