Structured Summary
Abstract
Hard or soft soluble containers used for the oral administration of medicine.
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Synonyms
3 entry terms
- Capsule
- Microcapsule
- Microcapsules
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18 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.
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Indexing Annotation
IM for general only; NIM (no qualif) with specific drug IM (with qualif); /adv eff permitted but be careful: it may be the adv eff of the drug in capsule form, not the capsule; note entry term MICROCAPSULES: do not confuse with MICROENCAPSULATION see DRUG COMPOUNDING
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QV 786.5.C3
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Capsules. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D002214. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D002214
- Capsules. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_(pharmacy)
- Capsules. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q519410