prescription drugs

Preferred Label : prescription drugs;

MeSH definition : Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.;

MeSH synonym : Prescription Drug; Drug, Prescription;

DeCS synonym : Drugs with Prescription; Drugs with Black Strip; Prescribed Drugs;

MeSH annotation : note category: do not confuse with DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS are the written directions for obtaining drugs; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS are the drugs that are prescribed;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescription drug;

Is substance : O;

Details

Origin ID

D055553;

UMLS CUI

C0304227;

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]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Medication prescribed [LOINC component]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Prescription Drugs [DeCS]
- Prescription drug (product) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- prescription drug, nos [SNOMED Notion]
False automatic mappings
- Nonprescription Drugs [DeCS]
- non-prescription drug, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- over-the-counter medicines [MedlinePlus Topic]
Record concept(s)
- prescription drugs [MeSH concept]
See also
- Behind-the-Counter drugs [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- drug prescriptions [MeSH Descriptor]
- prescription drug diversion [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Drug Prescriptions [DeCS]
- Drug prescription (situation) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Prescription for medication [LOINC component]
- Prescription of drug (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- prescription of drug, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Semantic type(s)
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Prescription drug (product) [Inactive SNOMED CT concept]
- prescription drug, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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