| Descriptor English: | Prescription Drugs | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Medicamentos bajo Prescripción 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Medicamentos sob Prescrição | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Médicaments sur ordonnance | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Drug, Prescription Prescription Drug | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | D26.670 VS2.002.001.007 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055553 | ||||||
| Scope note: | Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription. | ||||||
| Annotation: | note category: do not confuse with DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS are the written directions for obtaining drugs; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS are the drugs that are prescribed | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Previous Indexing: | Pharmaceutical Preparations (1963-2008) | ||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 2009 | ||||||
| History Note: | 2009 | ||||||
| DeCS ID: | 53206 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D055553 | ||||||
| NLM Classification: | QV 55 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2009/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2008/07/08 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2020/05/27 | 
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                                        CHEMICALS AND DRUGS
 
 Pharmaceutical Preparations [D26]Pharmaceutical Preparations
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 SURVEILLANCE IN PUBLIC HEALTH
 Health Surveillance of Products [VS2]Health Surveillance of Products
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                | Concept UI | M0518523 | 
| Scope note | Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription. | 
| Preferred term | Prescription Drugs | 
| Entry term(s) | Drug, Prescription Prescription Drug | 
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