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Pharmaceutical Preparations

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Definition: Drugs intended for human or veterinary use, presented in their finished dosage form. Included here are materials used in the preparation and/or formulation of the finished dosage form.  GEN & unspecified only; /adv eff permitted but consider DRUG THERAPY /adv eff; drug names: use NOMENCLATURE; policy: Manual section 25; metab detoxication of drugs   
See Also Pharmacology; Plants, Medicinal; Receptors, Drug
Examples Counterfeit Drugs; Designer Drugs; Dosage Forms; Drug Combinations; Drugs, Chinese Herbal; Drugs, Essential; Drugs, Generic; Drugs, Investigational; Materia Medica; Nonprescription Drugs; Nostrums; Pharmaceutic Aids; Pharmaceutical Preparations, Dental; Placebos; Plant Extracts; Prescription Drugs; Prodrugs; Solutions; Street Drugs; Vaginal Creams, Foams, and Jellies; Veterinary Drugs; Xenobiotics 		Other names Drugs; Preparations, Pharmaceutic; Preparations, Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceutic Preparations

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Sources: NLM Medical Subject Headings, NIH UMLS, Drugs@FDA, FDA AERS original data copyright United States Government. No endorsement implied. Last modified 6/6/2012
Warning: the drugs or drug combinations referred to here may be similar or related, but are not be the same ones and may not have the same pharmacological action as other substances described on the same page or in the same row. Please refer to product monograph or to your doctor
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