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  2. History of pharmacy - Wikipedia

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    The history of pharmacy as a modern and independent science dates back to the first third of the 19th century. Before then, pharmacy evolved from antiquity as part of medicine . Before the advent of pharmacists, there existed apothecaries that worked alongside priests and physicians in regard to patient care.

  3. Drug - Wikipedia

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    A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. [1] Consumption of drugs can be via inhalation, injection, smoking, ingestion, absorption via a patch on the skin, suppository, or dissolution under the tongue.

  4. Pharmacy - Wikipedia

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    The Green Pharmacy Cross (sometimes overlaid with Bowl of Hygieia), is widely used in Europe and India [citation needed] on pharmacy signs. A medication is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.

  5. History of pharmacy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of pharmacy has lagged behind other fields in the history of science and medicine, perhaps because primary sources in the field are sparse. [5] Historical inquiries in this area have been few, and unlike the growing number of programs in the history of medicine, history of pharmacy programs remain few in number in the United States. [6]

  6. Medication - Wikipedia

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    A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Drug therapy ( pharmacotherapy ) is an important part of the medical field and relies on the science of pharmacology for continual advancement and on ...

  7. Formulary (pharmacy) - Wikipedia

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    When used appropriately, formularies can help manage drug costs imposed on the insurance policy. [7] However, for drugs that are not on formulary, patients must pay a larger percentage of the cost of the drug, sometimes 100%. Formularies vary between drug plans and differ in the breadth of drugs covered and costs of co-pay and premiums.

  8. Prescription drug - Wikipedia

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    Different jurisdictions have different definitions of what constitutes a prescription drug. In North America, ℞ , usually printed as "Rx", is used as an abbreviation of the word "prescription". It is a contraction of the Latin word " recipe " (an imperative form of "recipere") meaning "take". [ 1 ]

  9. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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    The prescription symbol, ℞, as printed on the blister pack of a prescription drug. A prescription, often abbreviated ℞ or Rx, is a formal communication from physicians or other registered healthcare professionals to a pharmacist, authorizing them to dispense a specific prescription drug for a specific patient.