drugs, essential

Preferred Label : drugs, essential;

MeSH definition : Drugs considered essential to meet the health needs of a population as well as to control drug costs.;

MeSH synonym : essential drugs;

DeCS synonym : Medicines, Essential;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Essential medicines;

MeSH annotation : essential to meet the health needs of a population; IM GEN; for specific drug as essential, coord IM with drug (IM);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential medicines;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

D018954;

UMLS CUI

C0282568;

Allowable qualifiers
- administration and dosage [MeSH Qualifier]
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- analysis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemical synthesis [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- isolation and purification [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacokinetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- pharmacology [MeSH Qualifier]
- poisoning [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- supply and distribution [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapeutic use [MeSH Qualifier]
- toxicity [MeSH Qualifier]
Record concept(s)
- drugs, essential [MeSH concept]
See also
- formularies as topic [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]

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