qPM

Medical abbreviation · Prescription

qPM
Stands forEvery evening
CategoriesMedical

qPM stands for Every evening, a prescription abbreviation.

Instruction to give a once-daily dose in the evening, used for drugs like some statins, anticoagulants dosed at supper or medicines that cause drowsiness. The exact time is set by facility policy.

Example: Warfarin 5 mg PO qPM; INR on Friday.

Usage notes

Also written q.p.m., QPM or qpm. Not formally banned, but ISMP warns about a related form, "q6PM" (every evening at 6 PM), which has been misread as "every 6 hours". Writing "daily at 6 PM" or "every evening" avoids the problem.

More prescription abbreviations

  • qds – Quater die sumendum (to be taken four times a day)
  • qh – Quaque hora (every hour)
  • QHS – Quaque hora somni (every night at bedtime)
  • QID – Quater in die (four times a day)
  • qn – Quaque nocte (every night)
  • QOD – Quaque altera die (every other day)
  • qty – Quantity
  • qwk – Every week (once weekly)
  • Rf – Refills
  • Rx – Recipe (take; prescription)
  • s.o.s. – Si opus sit (if necessary)
  • Sig – Signa (write, label)

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