A patient comes into the drugstore and gives the pharmacy technician a handwritten prescription from his physician. The writing is barely legible, but it looks like the ordered medication is spelled Z-O-C-C-O-R-E. The pharmacy technician looks up the name in the Physicians' Desk Reference but cannot find it. The pharmacist is on the phone with a physician and is not currently available. What should the pharmacy technician do?
A. assume that this is a misspelling of the medication Zocor.
B. call the AP to verify the name of the medication.
C. ask the patient the name of the medication.
D. search online for a medication named Zoccore.
Answer: B
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