What does the *C-*R,MEAN on a prescription bottle right after the type of medica!
Question:
What does the *C-*R,MEAN on a prescription bottle right after the type of medication?
i take morphine,30mg's and on the bottle its reads morphine*C-*R.what does this mean?
Answers:
C.R. = controlled release. There is sometimes confusion with generics as a number of abbreviations can mean the same or different things!
M.R.= modified release
S.R. = slow release
X.L. is also a release system.
The worry is are the preparations 12 or 24 hour release?
C.R. is usually 12 hour.