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Descriptor English: Nostrums
Descriptor Spanish: Panácea
Descriptor nostrum
Entry term(s) panacea
Scope note: Medicinas cuya eficacia no está comprobada y cuyos componentes a menudo son secretos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Panaceia
Descriptor French: Remèdes de charlatan
Tree number(s): D26.593
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D009671
Scope note: Medicines whose effectiveness is unproven and whose ingredients are often secret.
Annotation: do not confuse with NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AN analysis
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
Related: Medicine, Traditional MeSH
Quackery MeSH
DeCS ID: 9858
Unique ID: D009671
NLM Classification: QV 57
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2008/07/09
Nostrums - Preferred
Concept UI M0015015
Scope note Medicines whose effectiveness is unproven and whose ingredients are often secret.
Preferred term Nostrums



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