Structured Summary
Abstract
Fake medicine that may be contaminated or contain the wrong or no active ingredient, or the correct active ingredient at the wrong dose. Counterfeit drugs are illegal and may be harmful to health.
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Synonyms
19 entry terms
- Counterfeit Drug
- Counterfeit Medicine
- Counterfeit Medicines
- Drug, Counterfeit
- Drugs, Counterfeit
- Medicine, Counterfeit
- Medicines, Counterfeit
- Fake Drug
- Fake Drugs
- Falsified Drug
- Falsified Drugs
- Falsified Medicine
- Falsified Medicines
- Drug, Fake
- Drug, Falsified
- Drugs, Fake
- Drugs, Falsified
- Medicine, Falsified
- Medicines, Falsified
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Aspects Covered
20 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
DRUG COUNTERFEITING see FRAUD is available
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History Note
2011
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Previous Indexing
- Pharmaceutical Preparations (1998-2010)
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NLM Classification
QV 773
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Counterfeit Drugs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D058110. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D058110
- Counterfeit Drugs. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_medication
- Counterfeit Drugs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3140895