Anthropology, Education, Sociology, and Social Phenomena

Drug Recalls

Removal of a drug from the market due to a problem occurring in the manufacture or distribution of the product.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Removal of a drug from the market due to a problem occurring in the manufacture or distribution of the product.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

See Also

MeSH Record

Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Drug Recall
  • Recall, Drug
  • Recalls, Drug

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

7 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, statistics & numerical data.

MeSH Record

Indexing Annotation

SAFETY-BASED DRUG WITHDRAWALS is also available

MeSH Record

History Note

2010; for DRUG RECALL use DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL 1992-2009

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • Drug and Narcotic Control (1965-2009)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Numbers

  1. I01w.880w.604.605.250.625w
  2. N04w.452.706.310.500w
  3. N06.850w.210.637w.200w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Drug Recalls. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056736. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056736
  2. Drug Recalls. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_recall
  3. Drug Recalls. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16938914