The textbook provides a detailed description of traditional and modern dosage forms and samples of their prescription forms, as well as prescription forms for medical products, glasses and contact lenses. Detailed descriptions of the basic concepts of the general recipe, the basics of dosage, the basic requirements for prescription abbreviations are presented. The manual contains a large set of study tasks that can be used both by the teacher leading the discipline to work in the classroom and by the student for independent training. The manual is intended for students of pharmaceutical and medical universities studying in higher and secondary vocational education programs, and can also be useful for interns, residents, graduate students. It can be used in the study of the disciplines "Latin language," "Pharmacology," "Pharmacognosy," "Pharmaceutical technology" and also elective and elective courses.