| Descriptor English: | Drug Repositioning | ||||||
| Descriptor Spanish: | Reposicionamiento de Medicamentos 
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| Descriptor Portuguese: | Reposicionamento de Medicamentos | ||||||
| Descriptor French: | Repositionnement des médicaments | ||||||
| Entry term(s): | Drug Repurposing Drug Rescue Repositioning, Drug Repurposing, Drug Rescue, Drug | ||||||
| Tree number(s): | E05.290.875 | ||||||
| RDF Unique Identifier: | https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D058492 | ||||||
| Scope note: | The deliberate and methodical practice of finding new applications for existing drugs. | ||||||
| Annotation: | do not confuse with OFF-LABEL USE | ||||||
| Allowable Qualifiers: | CL                                                            classification EC economics ES ethics HI history IS instrumentation MT methods SN statistics & numerical data ST standards TD trends VE veterinary | ||||||
| Public MeSH Note: | 2011 | ||||||
| History Note: | 2011 | ||||||
| Related: | Off-Label Use
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| DeCS ID: | 54216 | ||||||
| Unique ID: | D058492 | ||||||
| Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): | Click here to access the VHL documents | ||||||
| Date Established: | 2011/01/01 | ||||||
| Date of Entry: | 2010/06/25 | ||||||
| Revision Date: | 2017/12/08 | 
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 Investigative Techniques [E05]Investigative Techniques
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                        Drug Repositioning                                            
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                        Drug Rescue                                            
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                | Concept UI | M0542854 | 
| Scope note | The deliberate and methodical practice of finding new applications for existing drugs. | 
| Preferred term | Drug Repositioning | 
| Entry term(s) | Drug Repurposing Repositioning, Drug Repurposing, Drug | 
| Concept UI | M0584049 | 
| Scope note | Research involving drugs, small molecules and biologics whose development was abandoned before they could be approved by the UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, to study their potential therapeutic uses. | 
| Preferred term | Drug Rescue | 
| Entry term(s) | Rescue, Drug | 
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