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The Prescribing Information follows one of two formats: "physician labeling rule" format or "old" (non-PLR) format. For "old" format labeling a "product title" may be listed first and may include the proprietary name (if any), the nonproprietary name, dosage form(s), and other information about the product. The other sections are as follows:
Combined oral contraceptive pills were nicknamed "the pill" in the 1960s [citation needed] A pill was originally defined as a small, round, solid pharmaceutical oral dosage form of medication. The word's etymology reflects the historical concepts of grinding the ingredients with a mortar and pestle and rolling the resultant paste or dough into ...
Estrogen dosages for menopausal hormone therapy; Route/form Estrogen Low Standard High Oral: Estradiol: 0.5–1 mg/day: 1–2 mg/day: 2–4 mg/day Estradiol valerate: 0.5–1 mg/day: 1–2 mg/day
Dosage forms (also called unit doses) are pharmaceutical drug products presented in a specific form for use. They contain a mixture of active ingredients and inactive components (), configured in a particular way (such as a capsule shell) and apportioned into a specific dose.
A kardex (plural kardexes) is a genericised trademark for a medication administration record. [2] The term is common in Ireland and the United Kingdom.In the Philippines, the term is used to refer the old census charts of the charge nurse usually used during endorsement, in which index cards are used, but has been gradually been replaced by modern health data systems and pre-printed charts and ...
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Thin-film drug delivery uses a dissolving film or oral drug strip to administer drugs via absorption in the mouth (buccally or sublingually) and/or via the small intestines (enterically).
The Schedule J of the Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945 of India contains "a list of diseases and ailments which a drug may not claim to prevent or cure".Under Rule 106 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, a drug cannot make claims to treat or prevent any of the diseases or reform the conditions listed.