Top is us students at dinner. Most are students at Istanbul University. Some of us are exchange.

Below is a typical presciption label. Starting at the top right reads "Sabah" which means morning, and going across - afternoon, evening, and night. "Tane" means quantity and "Saat" can mean either frequency or hour. They don't really use these labels in daily practice. Most of the time they will actually write the info with black marker directly on the box.






















Above is the pharmacist's desk, just off the side of the main counter. I like it. It's a great place for him to take care of various business matters with the pharmacy.

Below are common pastries sold around Istanbul. They are pretty much the baklava style, with filo dough and nuts, soaked in honey. The green color is pistachio. Very delicious.





This is a good example of a typical prescription we will see.

The first item at the top is Zinnat tablet. It is an antibiotic. The prescriber wants twice a day (2x1) for 10 days and the DIIB means 2 boxes.


Avil ampule is an allergy medication
1x1 is once daily.

Sempex is another med for allergies
3x1 is three times daily.

And of course prednisone the steriod.
Once daily.