# What's the deal with the subscript X in pharmacy names?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-subscript-x-in-pharmacy-names/120190>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 22, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-subscript-x-in-pharmacy-names/120190 "2002-07-22T07:33:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![fallom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@fallom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fallom)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-subscript-x-in-pharmacy-names/120190/1 "2002-07-22T07:33:41Z")

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Everyone pharmacy I’ve seen has an R[sub]x[/sub] in the name somewhere. What does it mean?

_[sub]fixed coding - **DrMatrix** [/sub]_

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**Author:** ![fallom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a88e57/32.png) [@fallom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fallom)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-subscript-x-in-pharmacy-names/120190/2 "2002-07-22T07:45:16Z")

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Damn, forgot to use the UBB brackets. Could a mod please fix that for me?

[sub]x[/sub]

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**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\
**Post date:** [July 22, 2002, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-the-subscript-x-in-pharmacy-names/120190/3 "2002-07-22T11:20:07Z")

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Rx is a symbol derived from the Egyptian eye of Horus. See [http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrx.html](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mrx.html)