Prescription Drugs - Administration & dosage
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

The FDA Acetaminophen Advisory Committee Meeting - what is the future of acetaminophen in the United States? The perspective of a committee member.

30 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Unintentional acetaminophen toxicity is a common problem throughout the world but particularly in the more developed countries. To deal with the problem, several countries have attempted to decrease the risk of acetaminophen overdose by ... Read more...

Sex differences in inappropriate drug use: a register-based study of over 600,000 older people.

5 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Several studies have observed a higher rate of inappropriate drug use in elderly women than in elderly men, although few have focused explicitly on sex differences. Also, educational level (a measure of socioeconomic status) has been ... Read more...

Application of STOPP and START criteria: interrater reliability among pharmacists.

5 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Inappropriate prescribing is a well-documented problem in older people. The new screening tools, STOPP (Screening Tool of Older Peoples' Prescriptions) and START (Screening Tool to Alert doctors to Right Treatment) have been formulated ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Prescription Drugs - Administration & dosage'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• StatBite: cancer pain. 29 Sep 2009
• The FDA Acetaminophen Advisory Committee Meeting - what is the future of acetaminophen in the United States? The perspective of a committee member. 30 Aug 2009
• Sex differences in inappropriate drug use: a register-based study of over 600,000 older people. 5 Jul 2009
• Application of STOPP and START criteria: interrater reliability among pharmacists. 5 Jul 2009
• The Livingston paediatric calculator, revision needed. 29 Jun 2009
• How dosing of ziprasidone in a state hospital system differs from product labeling. 29 Jun 2009
• Substantial reduction of inappropriate tablet splitting with computerised decision support: a prospective intervention study assessing potential benefit and harm. 10 Jun 2009
• The prescribing of specialist medicines: what factors influence GPs' decision making? 6 Jun 2009
• Concomitant use of prescription drugs and dietary supplements in ambulatory elderly people. 6 Jun 2009
• The principles of conservative prescribing. No matter what your politics, a conservative approach to medications is a good idea. 30 May 2009
• Errors and omissions in hospital prescriptions: a survey of prescription writing in a hospital. 11 May 2009
• Drug-abuse deterrent formulations. 29 Apr 2009
• Self-medication and storage of drugs at home among the clients of drugstores in Tabriz. 29 Apr 2009
• Medication management in primary and secondary schools: assessing the knowledge and opinions of parents. 29 Apr 2009
• [Errors in hospital prescriptions of high-alert medications] 15 Apr 2009
• Over-prescribing, under-prescribing: who is responsible and what is at risk? 30 Mar 2009
• Rx drug safety in TN: some successes, some challenges. 30 Mar 2009
• Prevalence of antihypertensive, antidiabetic, and dyslipidemic prescription medication use among children and adolescents. 30 Mar 2009
• Therapeutic errors among children in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes. 21 Mar 2009
• How do Australian metropolitan and rural pharmacists counsel consumers with prescriptions? 2 Mar 2009

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Technical information about 'Prescription Drugs'

Definition: Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.

Registry Number: 0

Descriptor UI: D055553

Alternative terms: Prescription Drugs;

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage; adverse effects; analysis; chemical synthesis; classification; diagnostic use; economics; history; isolation & purification; metabolism; pharmacokinetics; pharmacology; poisoning; radiation effects; standards; supply & distribution; therapeutic use; toxicity; chemistry; contraindications;

Tree Number: D26.670;

History Note: 2009

Technical Notes: 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