drug incompatibility

Preferred Label : drug incompatibility;

MeSH definition : The quality of not being miscible with another given substance without a chemical change. One drug is not of suitable composition to be combined or mixed with another agent or substance. The incompatibility usually results in an undesirable reaction, including chemical alteration or destruction. (Dorland, 27th ed; Stedman, 25th ed);

MeSH synonym : drug incompatibilities; incompatibilities, drug; incompatibility, drug;

DeCS synonym : Incompatible Drugs; Drugs, Opposite;

MeSH annotation : one drug is not of suitable composition to be combined or mixed with another: do not confuse with DRUG INTERACTIONS, the action of one drug on the metab, effect or tox of another; IM when general; NIM when with specific drug; no qualif; one drug is not of suitable composition to be combined or mixed with another: do not confuse with DRUG INTERACTIONS, the action of one drug on the metab, effect or tox of another; IM when general; NIM when with specific drug;

Details

Origin ID

D004344;

UMLS CUI

C0013184;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Drug Incompatibility [DeCS]
- chemical incompatibility [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
Record concept(s)
- drug incompatibility [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Qualitative Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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