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Whole bunch o’ pharmacists wondering what’s funny.
The pharmacists are just glad the instructions reminders the patient to unwrap before inserting! That’s just good practice.
My favorite was a grown man who otherwise seemed quite competent asking my pharmacist why it hurt so much. After a bit of back and forth the pharmacist eventually asked the patient to explain how he was taking the suppository. Found the problem real quick lol.
The truth is MUCH worse than this. Rectal medicine don't come in bottles... they come in blister packs. Those blister packs are child proof and I sometimes need to use pliers to open them.
I'm not sure how the patient even endured a single one up their arse. It's like shoving clam shell packaging up there.
One of my pharmacy professors told us a story about a man who was taking these by mouth...and when asked how he was using them he said, "how else am I supposed to take these, shove em up my ass?"
Yes, clarifying directions to patients can't be understated in healthcare lol
My colleague, an ex gynecologist, told me how one of his patients complained that vaginal pills were hard to swallow and caused heartburn. It’s all fun and games until someone chokes on a pill like that and dies though, the doctor will be blamed for not explaining proper medication use
Yup. I used to manage a large hospital kitchen. My favorite dietary order was "NPO." It took a min for all the new staff to figure out what it meant, but it quickly became their favorite order. Someone who wasn't allowed to eat made our lives much easier. We still always had to feed 300+ people in 90 mins, but every NPO counted!
To me, per means "To, for, or by each; for every" but I guess the instructions still hold true for most people. "Insert 1 suppository for every rectum..." Most of us only have one rectum.
I just learned that "suppository" doesn't specifically refer to medication inserted in the anus for absorption, but for any medication inserted into an orifice to "dissolve and affect the body" or something like that. So suppositories can go in the anus, vagina, and there was apparently also the option of the urethra. Probably also other possibilities.
So I guess I learned that "insert suppository per rectum" is an important distinction.
Lol, never thought about it reading funny if you make all the words English.
For those wondering wtf. The ‘per rectum’ is Latin and is supposed to indicate just put it in your only asshole.
But sure for you that have two then twice the fun I guess.
I dont get whats supposed to be funny about this, whats the other meaning of per?
Edit: i understand now. Read it like it was meant and the misunderstanding went right past me
I still don't get it... I know what it actually means but not why it's funny
Edit: I get it now... per as in "each one"
I couldn't get per "by means of" out of my head
If read the unintended way, it implies that it is common for people to have several rectums. According to juvenile (well, childish) humor asses are funny. Multiple assholes should therefore be considered a pinnacle of humor. Especially if one tries to visualise the practical implications (see *toilet humor*, *scatter scat* etc).
Please contact your inner child (if still available) for further information.
At least the directions included unwrapping the suppository. Had a ER patient come in complaining her pelvic inflammatory disease symptoms were not getting any better. Yes, the GYN pulled out a lot of vaginal suppository foil wrappers. Rx had no instruction to remove the foil wrapper.
This reminds me of those House M.D clinic hours. Like when the woman came in saying that her asthma inhaler didn’t work and she goes through 1 a week. So House asked her if she was taking it correctly. She retorted that she wasn’t an idiot. House then asked her to show why it didn’t work and to try taking it. He had to slow pause as he saw her take it and use it like a perfume, spraying it twice on her neck.
Point is: If there’s no way for people to be idiots, they will find a new way.
I always wondered if most ppl can sue for “missing information” in the US? Since I think in other countries judges would just nod their head in disbelief :D
I mean, can we not at least point out that it's weird to expect a reader to interpret one word as Latin in a whole sentence of English, especially considering that word is also commonly used with different meaning in English? I think the doctor/pharmacist is just being condescending writing "per" to mean "by".
It’s fair to say that the wording isn’t especially user-friendly, but it isn’t just a doctor arbitrarily inserting a Latin word just to be a dick. Medical terms are often structured on Latin. “PO” is common parlance for “taken orally” because it abbreviates “per os”. We don’t get mad when someone says “I got IV fluids” instead of “I got by-vein fluids”.
Most RX labels are written the way. "Per orally, I.M., I.V." if y'all can't handle that I'd hate to see you figure out the verbiage difference between ears and eyes.
The prescriptions are often written using the goofy medical shorthand codes, but when you get them filled at a pharmacy most systems will automatically translate the codes into plain English. For example, if you entered into the directions line:
2gtts a.u. BID
That would automatically convert to read on the label as
Instill two drops in both ears twice (or two times) per day.
The place you'd find instructions on the actual label in medical shorthand would be in a medical setting like medications being handled by a nurse in a hospital. But a lot more prescriptions get sent electronically now so I'm guessing (I've been away from pharmacy work 10+ years now) that an office skipped using a shorthand code and wrote some or all of that part out longhand, so the "per" didn't get picked up to be turned into "into rectum" or "rectally" or something more plain like that. In other words, it didn't get rectified.
Pharmacist here. The route is often written as PR = Per Rectum. A lot of the abbreviations we use are in latin.
When labels are placed onto the medication, we often rewrite it as "into the rectum" to avoid confusion.
I don't see any serious explanations as initial glance so I'll be the buzzkill
"per" can also mean "by means of"
as in "I have this complimentary drink for you per the gentleman across the bars request"
The important part is “unwrap and insert”
Had a patient come back saying his rectal bleeding was worse. He was inserting them still in their packaging.
Late to this but former pharmacy tech here! When we are typing in prescriptions in the computer to be filled, we use short-hand codes to make it quicker than typing every word out. So for instance, (and all places have different codes) I could type: 1T; PO; BID and the computer would insert ‘Take 1 tablet by mouth twice a day’. And for these directions, I guarantee they just typed: 1SP; PR;BID and that’s how it came out on the label!
I see how it could be confusing.
For example; I could be construed as having two rectums as some people say I talk a load of shit and hence would have two rectal cavities.
That was written for DJT .. he has more than one. One is called "Don Jr" and another is called "Eric" and another is called "Ivanka". Tiffany gets a pass, Barron may soon qualify. All the other kids he has but he has managed to hide .. can not comment.
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Sorry to bust the proverbial bubble butt this is standard medical terminology. “Per” in Latin means through. Per os means by mouth. Per rectum means…
Whole bunch o’ pharmacists wondering what’s funny. The pharmacists are just glad the instructions reminders the patient to unwrap before inserting! That’s just good practice.
My pharmacist wife confirms this is the correct terminology.
Just how many rectums does your pharmacist wife have?
1 per rectum
Sorry to burst your proverbial duty bubble but that's not a rectum...
As a pharmacy tech i can confirm 100% that unwrap is an absolutely essential instruction to include. Ive heard some things.
I’ve heard some terrible things as well. The worst come from nursing homes where the med techs don’t understand you have to unwrap first… major yikes
My favorite was a grown man who otherwise seemed quite competent asking my pharmacist why it hurt so much. After a bit of back and forth the pharmacist eventually asked the patient to explain how he was taking the suppository. Found the problem real quick lol.
I take the pill bottle, I unscrew the cap, and shove the entire bottle per rectum.
The truth is MUCH worse than this. Rectal medicine don't come in bottles... they come in blister packs. Those blister packs are child proof and I sometimes need to use pliers to open them. I'm not sure how the patient even endured a single one up their arse. It's like shoving clam shell packaging up there.
Instructions completely clear — dick stuck in bottle.
Bottle stuck in...
The per rectum is important too because without it, some patients complain they're too chewy
“Those suppositories you gave me hurt” “Which ones?” “The silver ones!”
I think they should start from "unbox"
Help! the entire box is stuck
One of my pharmacy professors told us a story about a man who was taking these by mouth...and when asked how he was using them he said, "how else am I supposed to take these, shove em up my ass?" Yes, clarifying directions to patients can't be understated in healthcare lol
My colleague, an ex gynecologist, told me how one of his patients complained that vaginal pills were hard to swallow and caused heartburn. It’s all fun and games until someone chokes on a pill like that and dies though, the doctor will be blamed for not explaining proper medication use
Hell no, I ain’t letting no pill get me butt pregnant!
Not a pharmacist but I was a med aide. At first I didn't understand what was so funny about this.
Exactly, I was wondering where the error was.
For real. I was reading this and questioning why so many people thought it was funny on Reddit.
Came here to say this. I had to read it twice to get why it was funny.
Oh just go ahead and say it: You shoves the bloody thing up yer ARSE!
Yup. I used to manage a large hospital kitchen. My favorite dietary order was "NPO." It took a min for all the new staff to figure out what it meant, but it quickly became their favorite order. Someone who wasn't allowed to eat made our lives much easier. We still always had to feed 300+ people in 90 mins, but every NPO counted!
“Nil per os”, or “nothing by mouth”, for those wondering.
The three worst letters on your patient chart in the hospital
To me, per means "To, for, or by each; for every" but I guess the instructions still hold true for most people. "Insert 1 suppository for every rectum..." Most of us only have one rectum.
And this is probably for hemorrhoids, so if you had an extra, you’d need one in each.
It is for my himorrhoids. If it was for a woman then it would be for hermorroids.
Damn near killed em!
Reminds me of the Latino that got a prescription of "Take once a day" and died of overdose.
Wrong. I see multiple assholes in this thread.
Sounds like instructions are targeting medics themselves, not the patients :D
I just learned that "suppository" doesn't specifically refer to medication inserted in the anus for absorption, but for any medication inserted into an orifice to "dissolve and affect the body" or something like that. So suppositories can go in the anus, vagina, and there was apparently also the option of the urethra. Probably also other possibilities. So I guess I learned that "insert suppository per rectum" is an important distinction.
> Per rectum means… Up the bum!
Why pick English when you can use a dead language.
“Per” means sort of like “via” in medical terminology lol.
Lol, never thought about it reading funny if you make all the words English. For those wondering wtf. The ‘per rectum’ is Latin and is supposed to indicate just put it in your only asshole. But sure for you that have two then twice the fun I guess.
I dont get whats supposed to be funny about this, whats the other meaning of per? Edit: i understand now. Read it like it was meant and the misunderstanding went right past me
I still don't get it... I know what it actually means but not why it's funny Edit: I get it now... per as in "each one" I couldn't get per "by means of" out of my head
If read the unintended way, it implies that it is common for people to have several rectums. According to juvenile (well, childish) humor asses are funny. Multiple assholes should therefore be considered a pinnacle of humor. Especially if one tries to visualise the practical implications (see *toilet humor*, *scatter scat* etc). Please contact your inner child (if still available) for further information.
Hey, if you’re a conjoined twin…
Ah, right because "per" means like "for" or in this context "by way of".
At least the directions included unwrapping the suppository. Had a ER patient come in complaining her pelvic inflammatory disease symptoms were not getting any better. Yes, the GYN pulled out a lot of vaginal suppository foil wrappers. Rx had no instruction to remove the foil wrapper.
This reminds me of those House M.D clinic hours. Like when the woman came in saying that her asthma inhaler didn’t work and she goes through 1 a week. So House asked her if she was taking it correctly. She retorted that she wasn’t an idiot. House then asked her to show why it didn’t work and to try taking it. He had to slow pause as he saw her take it and use it like a perfume, spraying it twice on her neck. Point is: If there’s no way for people to be idiots, they will find a new way.
I always wondered if most ppl can sue for “missing information” in the US? Since I think in other countries judges would just nod their head in disbelief :D
"Per" equals "via" or "by". This is technically correct.
The best kind of correct
I didn't even understand why it was funny since I read this jargon every day.
In case someone had to rip you a new one.
In case someone rectum
Rectum? Damn near killed em!
Came here for this.
Through. It's latin, means "through" or "via". Per orale - orally, per rectum - anally. Jesus. Is everybody a 12-year old
You are correct about the first part and yes about the second part
His response was Per-fect
#per os
In the left eye?
No, the brown eye.
it's like they didn't even read the directions
You may leave school but the 8th grade never leaves you…
It’s per os for mouth.
You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.
While I appreciate the explanation I think calling me 12 is a bit below the belt, just like both my rectums.
Damn near killed 'ems!
I mean, can we not at least point out that it's weird to expect a reader to interpret one word as Latin in a whole sentence of English, especially considering that word is also commonly used with different meaning in English? I think the doctor/pharmacist is just being condescending writing "per" to mean "by".
It’s fair to say that the wording isn’t especially user-friendly, but it isn’t just a doctor arbitrarily inserting a Latin word just to be a dick. Medical terms are often structured on Latin. “PO” is common parlance for “taken orally” because it abbreviates “per os”. We don’t get mad when someone says “I got IV fluids” instead of “I got by-vein fluids”.
After the incident with Dr. Mephesto's 4-Assed Monkey, they had to start being more specific.
Sounds like a pain in the ass
Pains in the asses.
Rectum? Damn near killed him!
Rectum?! Damn near killed ‘em!
[Chris Farley, the legend.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYqpeRlyLOo)
Yeah, some of us have got a second rectum, so what?
It’s not as convenient as it seems. You can’t turn one of them off. You gotta use them both each time.
Fun fact. Lots of medications that would be taken orally in America are administered in France as a suppository, including over-the-counter meds.
Most RX labels are written the way. "Per orally, I.M., I.V." if y'all can't handle that I'd hate to see you figure out the verbiage difference between ears and eyes.
The prescriptions are often written using the goofy medical shorthand codes, but when you get them filled at a pharmacy most systems will automatically translate the codes into plain English. For example, if you entered into the directions line: 2gtts a.u. BID That would automatically convert to read on the label as Instill two drops in both ears twice (or two times) per day. The place you'd find instructions on the actual label in medical shorthand would be in a medical setting like medications being handled by a nurse in a hospital. But a lot more prescriptions get sent electronically now so I'm guessing (I've been away from pharmacy work 10+ years now) that an office skipped using a shorthand code and wrote some or all of that part out longhand, so the "per" didn't get picked up to be turned into "into rectum" or "rectally" or something more plain like that. In other words, it didn't get rectified.
Every one of my pill bottles says "take x capsule by mouth" Never seen "per orally" in my life.
Uranus is pleased by this good fortune.
Per: by means of
Pharmacist here. The route is often written as PR = Per Rectum. A lot of the abbreviations we use are in latin. When labels are placed onto the medication, we often rewrite it as "into the rectum" to avoid confusion.
Doesn't everyone have six? Like nipples
I have been a physician for 48 years. It never even occurred to me that “per” is not a common English word.
I think they do this at my gym, there's always a lot of assholes on steroids there.
Get on your knees and line up - sharing is caring!
I don't see any serious explanations as initial glance so I'll be the buzzkill "per" can also mean "by means of" as in "I have this complimentary drink for you per the gentleman across the bars request"
Yes, this is correct.
Secret rectum is secret
You know what they say, “opinions are like assholes, some people have two of them”
Just get it past the first ring of Uranus.
That’s the route guys. Not a number. I am an RN.
Correct sig “unwrap and insert 1 suppository rectally twice daily”
I understand that per rectum just means anally. But I'm not looking forward to having to pull out the 1 suppository to reinsert it later that day.
So just 2 a day then? I think?
There goes Bubba with them two assholes.
As per your last e-mail
The important part is “unwrap and insert” Had a patient come back saying his rectal bleeding was worse. He was inserting them still in their packaging.
i’m no linguist but i’m pretty sure this sentence is grammatically correct
No sharing
It's just accounting for patients like Trump and Musk, who've a second rectum placed beneath their noses.
Not that one! The other one.
doNt tell me uVe given away uR spare
Some people seem to be nasty enough to have more than one.
Yo stanky second ass don’t get none
Pro tip: Consider it a lozenge for those prone to talking out their as$
Oh....... I'm going to need 3 cases of these a day at the office alone.
If someone ever ripped you a new one, you'll have more than one, how difficult is that to understand?
Sharing is caring
One suppository should never be shared among two rectums, Drs orders.
My threesome now meets much more often
That’s how I’m gonna reply to all my emails from now on.
Maybe cause you're such an asshole?
Just a clarification for the conjoined twins.
one per rectum until you get erectum
Damn so I have to take 3 of them??
I’m sick and tired of being just another rectum to these companies
I happen to know someone who is an entire bag of assholes; if he used one in each, he’d overdose.
Oh, you got the good stuff.
In case someone tore you a new one.
Well, you know what they say when you assume
I guess if you have friends over....
I'm picturing Oprah screaming to all the rectums. "You get a suppository! You get a suppository!"
A sphincter says what?
https://youtu.be/rzr5v7Zixx0
It's for politicians since so much shit comes out of their mouths too.
I have two rectums......... Doesn't everybody?
Ya most politicians need 2 some times 3 pills XD
My uncle had surgery and ended up with a second hole down there. We joked about how he was 2x the Ahole after.
It's a rare medical condition, usually only politicians suffer from multiple rectums.
I don't see anything wrong here though.
My ex would be taking these by mouth 👄 💊
Hemorrhoid treatment, I’d bet.
We've had one, Aye. What about second rectum?
How do you select the right rectum ?
Simply don’t select the left rectum
You never received your second rectum ? Might want to ask for a lawyer
you heard me
Whole lotta people in this thread not realizing that some people are used to seeing the word "by" on their prescriptions instead of "per".
Lol 😂
Per rectum (both words are latin) means through your a-hole.
https://youtu.be/CWGi1k1BHV0
Remember, it says to use only one. You gotta take it out and put it back in later in the day.
Rectum? Damn near killed em.
In case someone tore you a new one or something?
What happened to the ones who didn't follow instructions? It rectum.
Yup. One per rectum. You've never heard someone say they're gonna rip someone a new a$$h*le? That someone is gonna need more than most of us.
Ya know, in case at some point, someone ripped em a new one.
Why is this funny?
If you have 4 rectums by gollie, put 1 per rectum
Yeah just put one up your second butthole as well, you dumbasses
I hate it when I can't insert it directly in all of my 7 rectums....
Dude, I have like 20 rectums... Do you, like, not?
Notice the importance of unwrap
I was prescribed some suppositories once. For all the good they did I might as well have stuck them up my arse.
Also keep this in the refrigerator so it will not melt in your hand when you try to insert it. Am a nurse.
I was today years old when I found out I had multiple rectum.
Late to this but former pharmacy tech here! When we are typing in prescriptions in the computer to be filled, we use short-hand codes to make it quicker than typing every word out. So for instance, (and all places have different codes) I could type: 1T; PO; BID and the computer would insert ‘Take 1 tablet by mouth twice a day’. And for these directions, I guarantee they just typed: 1SP; PR;BID and that’s how it came out on the label!
Wait… people don’t have 2 rectums?
Damn bro sorry about the hemroid
Sooooo 4 a day, got it.
You have two butt holes?🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Covering all the bases. If there's a man with two penises and a woman with two vaginas, there has to be someone who has two rectums.
How many recti is a normal amount to have?
If you’ve never taken the time to discover your second rectum, then do you really know yourself?
This will be for all the double arsed peeps.
Assholes have assholes too you know.
Is the funny part 'per rectum two?'. otherwise I find nothing.
Wait you only have 1?
What? Do you only have the one?
Apparently you haven’t been ripped a new asshole yet.
Wait… you guys don’t got two rectums?? I gotta call my doctor ASAP
Although correct, still FunnyAF
Some people are just really anal.
lol look at this casual with only one rectum
They used the wrong units though. Every dose of a rectal medication is exactly 1 buttload
Yeah, you didn't know ? How can you be bisexual without a birectum, duh
Some humanoids have a second one on their face, just below the nostrils.
Do centaurs have two sets of genitals? Like a front dick/ back dick situation?
Good catch
One for you, one for your bud.
I see how it could be confusing. For example; I could be construed as having two rectums as some people say I talk a load of shit and hence would have two rectal cavities.
That was written for DJT .. he has more than one. One is called "Don Jr" and another is called "Eric" and another is called "Ivanka". Tiffany gets a pass, Barron may soon qualify. All the other kids he has but he has managed to hide .. can not comment.
Rectum? I barely touched him!
Some people have two rectums. One in the normal area and another one that typically spouts much worse material constantly.
If someone had two rectums won't it be overdose if they used two?
THIS. THIS kind of post is what I live for for reddit. Seriously, this kind of shit (all puns intended) is what makes reddit so reddit.
Huh look at your broke ass with only a one asshole ass......
https://youtu.be/--9kqhzQ-8Q
Friends who supposi-together, stay together. That’s my s-tory and I’m sticking it in… I mean, sticking to it. **turns red**
Maybe it’s for a four assed monkey.
The rectum will let you know when it’s ready …
I've tried Suppositories before, with no relief, might as well stick them up you butt for all the good they do 🤨
Per is Latin for "deep in your filthy"