Pro re nata
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Pro re natat or PRN - meaning as needed or as the situation demands, is often used on prescriptions by doctors to indicate when a medication should be taken. This is often drugs that can be taken should a situation calls for it. For example, a patient can take a Asprin PRN - headache; meaning he can take the medication when he feels it is needed to remedy a headache.
