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MeSH Heading: Prescription Drugs
Tree Number(s): D26.670
Unique ID: D055553
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055553
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
Scope Note: Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.
Entry Term(s): Prescription Drug
Registry Numbers: 0
NLM Classification #: QV 55
Previous Indexing: Pharmaceutical Preparations (1963-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

analysis (AN)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

Prescription Drugs MeSH Descriptor Data 2025