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Therapeutics > Drug Therapy > Drug Prescriptions
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services > Health Services > Pharmaceutical Services > Prescriptions > Drug Prescriptions

Preferred term

Drug Prescriptions  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Drug Prescription

Note

  • general; do not confuse the concept of "prescription" with the drug prescribed; do not index here routinely for every "prescribed" drug; do not confuse with DRUG COMPOUNDING: prescribing is by the MD, compounding is by the pharmacist or drug company; note category: do not confuse with PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS are the written directions for obtaining drugs; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS are the drugs that are prescribed

Scope note

  • Directions written for the obtaining and use of DRUGS.

History note

  • 2009(1963)

In other languages

  • lääkemääräykset

    Finnish

  • läkemedelsförskrivning
  • lääkemääräys
  • recept
  • resepti
  • reseptit
  • Läkemedelsrecept

    Swedish

  • Förskrivning av läkemedel
  • Läkemedelsförskrivning
  • Recept på läkemedel

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011307

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