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Confidence votes 361. A prescription number is a number that the pharmacy assigns to each prescription in order to keep track of them. 3 people found this useful.
The FDA assigns a 8 or 9 digit code called a National Drug Code (NDC) based on 2 halves. THe first half is a 5 digit number for the manufacturer and the second half is a 3 or 4 digit number that is used to identify a specific doseage and product for that manufacturer. The NDC code for this pill is 00254-3592. If you have the prescription bottle it should say the same thing.