Structured Summary
Abstract
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.
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Classification
Narrower headings
- Bulk Drugs
- Chinese Herbal Drugs
- Controlled Substances
- Cosmeceuticals
- Dental Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Dosage Forms
- Drug Combinations
- Essential Drugs
- Generic Drugs
- Illicit Drugs
- Investigational Drugs
- Materia Medica
- Medical Marijuana
- Nonprescription Drugs
- Nostrums
- Pharmaceutic Aids
- Placebos
- Plant Extracts
- Prescription Drugs
- Prodrugs
- Solutions
- Substandard Drugs
- Synthetic Drugs
- Veterinary Drugs
- Xenobiotics
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Synonyms
13 entry terms
- Drug
- Drugs
- Pharmaceutic Preparations
- Pharmaceutical
- Pharmaceutical Preparation
- Pharmaceutical Product
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Pharmaceuticals
- Preparations, Pharmaceutical
- Preparation, Pharmaceutical
- Preparations, Pharmaceutic
- Product, Pharmaceutical
- Products, Pharmaceutical
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Aspects Covered
15 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, analysis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, metabolism, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
general or unspecified only; prefer specific drugs; drug names: use NOMENCLATURE; policy: Manual chapter 25
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History Note
98(63)
MeSH Hierarchy
Tree Number
- D26
AMA Style
References
- National Library of Medicine. Pharmaceutical Preparations. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004364. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004364
- Pharmaceutical Preparations. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66089252