"p.r.n." meaning in English

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          "text": "Alternative forms: prn, PRN"
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          "ref": "1999, Harold Merskey, Dwight Moulin, “Pharmacological Treatment in Chronic Pain”, in Andrew R. Block, Ephrem Fernandez, Edwin Kremer, editors, Handbook of Pain Syndromes: Biopsychosocial Perspectives, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., page 152",
          "text": "For example, apart from being given three to four times a day on a time-contingent basis, ibuprofen or naproxen or most other NSAIDs may be taken p.r.n. (as occasion rises) when pain is troublesome and omitted at other times.",
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        "(medicine) Abbreviation of pro re nata."
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          "text": "For example, apart from being given three to four times a day on a time-contingent basis, ibuprofen or naproxen or most other NSAIDs may be taken p.r.n. (as occasion rises) when pain is troublesome and omitted at other times.",
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