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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).
OD: once daily (from Latin omne in die) [1] right eye (from Latin oculus dexter) overdose: occupational disease: ODC: ornithine decarboxylase OE: otitis externa: O/E: on examination: OFC: orbitofrontal cortex: OGTT: oral glucose tolerance test: OHL: oral hairy leukoplakia OHS: Obesity hypoventilation syndrome: OHT: Orthotopic heart ...
Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").
The main discussion of these abbreviations in the context of drug prescriptions and other medical prescriptions is at List of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions. Some of these abbreviations are best not used, as marked and explained here.
In Hong Kong, drugs are stratified as Non-Poisons, Part II Poisons, Part 1 only Poisons, Schedule 1 only Poisons, Schedule 3 Poisons, Schedule 5 Poisons, Antibiotics and Dangerous Drug. [10] For Non-poisons and Part 2 Poison, the dose regimen, route and frequency of administration of the product should be exhibited in both English and Chinese ...
A combination drug (or fixed-dose combination; FDC) is a product that contains more than one active ingredient (e.g., one tablet, one capsule, or one syrup with multiple drugs). In naturopathy, dosages can take the form of decoctions and herbal teas, in addition to the more conventional methods mentioned above.
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:
Common disk-shaped tablets. A tablet (also known as a pill) is a pharmaceutical oral dosage form (oral solid dosage, or OSD) or solid unit dosage form.Tablets may be defined as the solid unit dosage form of medication with suitable excipients.