Health Care

Prescriptions

Directions written for the obtaining and use of PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; MEDICAL DEVICES; corrective LENSES; and a variety of other medical remedies.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Directions written for the obtaining and use of PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; MEDICAL DEVICES; corrective LENSES; and a variety of other medical remedies.

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Synonyms

19 entry terms
  • Prescribed Regimen
  • Prescribed Regimens
  • Prescription
  • Regimen, Prescribed
  • Medical Regimens
  • Medication Regimen
  • Prescriptions, Non-Drug
  • Prescriptions, Nondrug
  • Medical Regimen
  • Medication Regimens
  • Non-Drug Prescription
  • Non-Drug Prescriptions
  • Nondrug Prescription
  • Nondrug Prescriptions
  • Prescription, Non-Drug
  • Prescription, Nondrug
  • Regimen, Medical
  • Regimen, Medication
  • Regimens, Medication

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Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, nursing, standards, statistics & numerical data, veterinary.

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History Note

2009, 1963-1977

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Previous Indexing

  • Drug Prescriptions (1963-2008)

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Tree Number

  1. N02.421.668.778w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Prescriptions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D055656. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D055656
  2. Prescriptions. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_prescription
  3. Prescriptions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3355478