Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
1/4-1/4-1/2
English translation:
One quarter (of the tablet) at breakfast time/one quarter at lunch time, one quarter at evening meal time.
Spanish term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
1/4-1/4-1/2
RIVOTRIL (CLONAZEPAM) 2mg COMPROMIDOS = 1/4-1/4-1/2 Y DE ENCONTRARSE NERVIOSA, ANSIOSA O SIN PODER DORMIR, DEBERA DE TOMAR ¼ O ½ O 1 COMP MAS EN EL MOMENTO. DE NECESITARLO, PODERA TOMAR HASTA 3 COMP AL DIA. POR EL CONTRARIO, DE ENCONTRARSE RELAJADA O TRANQUILA DE MAS, PODRA REDUCIR LA DOSIS E INCLUSO TOMARLO SOLO CUANDO LO PRECISE.
| 5 +4 | idem or: one-fourth (of the tablet) at breakfast time/one-fourth (of the tablet) at lunch time... |
celiacp
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Raffaele Esposito
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Marie-Helene Dubois
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May 10, 2013 11:28: Catherine Gilsenan Created KOG entry
May 10, 2013 12:18: celiacp changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/944419">Catherine Gilsenan's</a> old entry - "1/4-1/4-1/2"" to ""one quarter (of the tablet) at breakfast time/one quarter at lunch time, one quarter at evening meal time.""
May 10, 2013 12:18: celiacp changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/114627">celiacp's</a> old entry - "1/4-1/4-1/2"" to ""one quarter (of the tablet) at breakfast time/one quarter at lunch time, one quarter at evening meal time.""
Proposed translations
idem or: one-fourth (of the tablet) at breakfast time/one-fourth (of the tablet) at lunch time...
1/4 (one-fourth of the tablet) at lunch time
1/2 (half of one tablet) at supper time
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Laura Iglesias
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thank you!
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Marie-Helene Dubois
: An English speaker would refer to 'a quarter' rather than 'a fourth'.
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Yes, in Am. En."a fourth" is quite common. Both are correct, anyway. Thank you.
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Trudy Peters
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thank you!
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Esmeralda Gómez
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Thank you
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Zilin Cui
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Thank you
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Spain
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Native in: English 
Works in: Spanish to English, Dutch to English, French to English, and 1 more.
Quarter/Quarter/Half
I think that what is meant in the section you are querying is that the person has to take the tablet in this order: one quarter, one quarter, then half.
This drug certainly comes quarter-scored/cross-scored to make it easier to take quarters or halves. See:
•Rivotril 2 mg Tablets are cross scored so that they can easily be broken into halves or quarters. This can allow you to take lower doses at the start of your treatment.
http://xpil.medicines.org.uk/viewpil.aspx?docid=11026
This is a bit of a guess (albeit an educated one) as I'm not usually a medical translator. I just think that I would read it like this.
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celiacp
: it is not modified according to how the patient feels. The dosage is referred to meals//I work in a hospital. We refer dosage to meals (time).
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Where it says 'de encontrarse nerviosa/relajada/ansiosa', the patient can increase or reduce the dosage, it is according to how the patient feels. There is no mention of meals in the text.
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Native in: Italian
Works in: English to Italian, Russian to Italian, Spanish to Italian, and 1 more.
Discussion
Por eso, aunque no se indique nada en el original, es un "acuerdo" internacional para indicar las dosis, en relación a las comidas principales. Saludos.