prn order

prn order

Clinical pharmacology Any physician-promulgated mandate or regimen–'doctor's orders' that allows use of a therapy or modality as needed–Latin pro re nata–by the Pt; in certain situations–eg, malignancy or other terminal illnesses, PRN orders, in particular those for controlling pain–schedule II through V controlled substances, are more liberal. See Patient-controlled analgesia.

---

Patient discussion about prn order.

Q. What tests are required in order to discover in advance a chance or a progress of breast cancer? which group is in most risk to have breast cancer ? when is ti recommended to go and have a test ?

A. today they know which gene is the risk factor for breast cancer and you can get tested if you have the gene or not in your family. here is info about the test:
http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/brca/test.html

other important things are self tests (looking for lumps in your breasts) and mammography which can find tumors in your breast.
there are many other risk factors (age, place of work etc.).

Q. What do i require to do in order to keep me thin and healthy as i am now? i am 25 years old , i am doing relatively sufficient amount of sport - basketball for 3 hours once a week , how would i manage to keep my fitness ?

A. i think you are doing a great job...although i think that doing a one hour of exercise 3 times a week is much better then 3 hours exercise once a week.