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Auxiliary labels stating "take with food or milk" and "do not take with aspirin". Auxiliary labels are small stickers consisting of one or more lines of text intended to enhance patient knowledge, with or without a pictogram. The directions for use included on the standard prescription label are typically limited to direct administration ...
Formulary (pharmacy) A formulary is a list of pharmaceutical drugs, often decided upon by a group of people, for various reasons such as insurance coverage or use at a medical facility. [1] Traditionally, a formulary contained a collection of formulas for the compounding and testing of medication (a resource closer to what would be referred to ...
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).
[4] [8] In 1990 there were 10 specialty drugs on the market, [9] around five years later nearly 30, [10] by 2008 200, [10] and by 2015 300. [11] Drugs can be defined as specialty because of their high price. [3] [4] [5] Medicare defines any drug with a negotiated price of $670 per month or more as a specialty drug. These drugs are placed in a ...
Top 200 US Products of 2011 by Total Dollars. Source: Bartholow, Michael. "Top 200 Drugs of 2011". Pharmacy Times. Note:please don't change drug names. These are US pharmacy standard names and WP:REDIRECTs have been created.
This is the list of Schedule II controlled substances in the United States as defined by the Controlled Substances Act. [1] The following findings are required for substances to be placed in this schedule: [2] The drug or other substance has a high potential for abuse. The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in ...
Commonly prescribed drugs are drugs that are frequently provided by doctors in a prescription to treat a certain disease. These drugs are often first-line treatment for the target diseases and are effective in tackling the symptoms. An example of the target disease is ischemic heart disease. Some examples of commonly prescribed drugs for this ...
The tables below contain a sample list of benzodiazepines and benzodiazepine analogs that are commonly prescribed, with their basic pharmacological characteristics, such as half-life and equivalent doses to other benzodiazepines, also listed, along with their trade names and primary uses. The elimination half-life is how long it takes for half ...