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Descriptor English: Prescription Drugs
Descriptor Spanish: Medicamentos bajo Prescripción
Descriptor medicamentos por prescripción
Entry term(s) medicamento de venta con receta
medicamentos con banda negra de control
medicamentos con prescripción
medicamentos con recetas
medicamentos de venta con receta
medicamentos sujetos a prescripción médica
Scope note: Medicamentos que no pueden venderse legalmente sin una prescripción.
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
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Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2020/05/27
Prescription Drugs - Preferred
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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