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While we're bashing the style: Is 'scrip' really what they meant in "If a patient says, ‘I want more energy,’ maybe the doctor should just write a scrip for methamphetamine"? I just checked the dictionary to confirm, and 'scrip' is definitely a financial term; surely they meant 'script'?

Or is this a situation where they flaunt common practice to be quirky, like their superfluous umlauts?

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Here in the Philadelphia region, about 100 miles away from NYC, "scrip" as short for "prescription" is definitely ubiquitous.

I really hear it a lot since my wife works in the medical field, but I heard it used quite often before that.

Short for prescription. I'm old enough to remember it being used. It doesn't seem to be in circulation as a term now

I’ve heard the term before - and it’s in MW. Check out definition 3 here:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrip

I think “scrip” is short for “prescription”, given the context.

Scrip is probably a typo of Script, an abbreviation for Prescription. Script is a common word in the medical profession. Scrip I've never heard

I always thought of it as currency.

It is possible to qualify as a doctor and be unsure if the abbreviation for prescription is Px or Rx Now you can just check on the internet but back in the day it's something that's apparently so basic and assumed that you could be too embarrassed to ask.

Here you go: https://rt-wiki.bestpractical.com/wiki/Scrip

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