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Formularies as Topic MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Formularies as Topic
Tree Number(s)
L01.462.500.682.192.836.535
Unique ID
D005569
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005569
Annotation
general or unspecified; prefer specifics; do not confuse with PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC; NATIONAL FORMULARY see PHARMACOPOEIAS AS TOPIC is also available; do not confuse with the Publication Type FORMULARY
Scope Note
Works about lists of drugs or collections of recipes, formulas, and prescriptions for the compounding of medicinal preparations. Formularies differ from PHARMACOPEIA in that they are less complete, lacking full descriptions of the drugs, their formulations, analytic composition, chemical properties, etc. In hospitals, formularies list all drugs commonly stocked in the hospital pharmacy.
NLM Classification #
QV 740
See Also
Drugs, Essential
Pharmacopoeias as Topic
History Note
2009(1966)
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2022/07/12
Formularies as Topic Preferred
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