Chemicals and Drugs

Prescription Drugs

Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.

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Synonyms

2 entry terms
  • Prescription Drug
  • Drug, Prescription

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Aspects Covered

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

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

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History Note

2009

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Previous Indexing

  • Pharmaceutical Preparations (1963-2008)

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Tree Number

  1. D26.670w

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NLM Classification

QV 55

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prescription Drugs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055553. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055553
  2. Prescription Drugs. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prescription_drug
  3. Prescription Drugs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1643563