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Abstract
The practice of replacing one prescribed drug with another that is expected to have the same clinical or psychological effect.
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Synonyms
15 entry terms
- Drug Switching
- Therapeutic Substitution
- Drug Substitutions
- Drug Switchings
- Substitution, Drug
- Substitution, Therapeutic
- Substitutions, Drug
- Substitutions, Therapeutic
- Switching, Drug
- Switchings, Drug
- Therapeutic Substitutions
- Generic Substitution
- Generic Substitutions
- Substitution, Generic
- Substitutions, Generic
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14 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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History Note
2011
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Previous Indexing
- Drug Therapy (2006-2010)
- Therapeutic Equivalency (1979-2010)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Drug Substitution. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D057915. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D057915
- Drug Substitution. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70471113