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  2. Medication package insert - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. Drug packaging - Wikipedia

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    Several common factors can include: assurance of patient safety, assurance of the efficacy of the drug through the intended shelf life, [1] uniformity of the drug through different production lots, thorough documentation of all materials and processes, control of possible migration of packaging components into the drug, control of degradation ...

  4. List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes).This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).

  5. Fusidic acid - Wikipedia

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    Fusidic acid, sold under the brand name Fucidin among others, is a steroid antibiotic that is often used topically in creams or ointments and eyedrops but may also be given systemically as tablets or injections.

  6. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Medicine-related articles

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    You play down information that might discourage patients (for example, that a disease is typically fatal), or you give undue attention to individual success stories. You use a writing style appropriate for 12-year-olds, because the sixth grade reading level is recommended for patient information leaflets.

  7. Prescription drug - Wikipedia

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    Prescription drugs are often dispensed together with a monograph (in Europe, a Patient Information Leaflet or PIL) that gives detailed information about the drug. The use of prescription drugs has been increasing since the 1960s.

  8. Auxiliary label - Wikipedia

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    In 2013, the first recommendations for auxiliary label usage in the United States were published as USP Chapter <17>. [4] This included a recommendation to limit the use of auxiliary labels to evidence-based labels with critical information, and without pictures unless evidence shows increased efficacy when a picture is used.

  9. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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    Pharmacy information systems are a potential source of valuable information for pharmaceutical companies as it contains information about the prescriber's prescribing habits. Prescription data mining of such data is a developing, specialized field. [59] Many prescribers lack the digitized information systems that reduce prescribing errors. [60]