Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
It is dispensed only by a physician's prescription. Legally, 2 grams of methylphenidate is classified as a small quantity, and 50 grams as a large or commercial quantity. [196] [197] New Zealand In New Zealand, methylphenidate is a "class B2 controlled substance".
The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act, [1] also called the Medicare Modernization Act or MMA, is a federal law of the United States, enacted in 2003. [2] It produced the largest overhaul of Medicare in the public health program's 38-year history.
A pharmaceutical drug, also called a medication or medicine, is a chemical substance used to treat, cure, prevent, or diagnose a disease or to promote well-being. [3] Traditionally drugs were obtained through extraction from medicinal plants , but more recently also by organic synthesis . [ 4 ]
[31] [32] In 2022, the combination with brompheniramine and dextromethorphan was the 265th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 1 million prescriptions. [33] [33] [34] In 2022, the combination with loratadine was the 289th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 500,000 ...
The first version of SCRIPT was approved in 1997. Version 8.1 was proposed as a federal rule by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in November 2007 and adopted in 2008, thereby mandating its use for medical providers that used electronic subscriptions, in order to obtain federal insurance reimbursement. [1]
Ibuprofen was made available by prescription in the United Kingdom in 1969 and in the United States in 1974. [ 80 ] Ibuprofen is the International nonproprietary name (INN), British Approved Name (BAN), Australian Approved Name (AAN) and United States Adopted Name (USAN).
Clomipramine, sold under the brand name Anafranil among others, is a tricyclic antidepressant (TCA). [7] It is used in the treatment of various conditions, most notably obsessive–compulsive disorder but also many other disorders, including hyperacusis, panic disorder, major depressive disorder, trichotillomania, [8] body dysmorphic disorder [9] [10] [11] and chronic pain. [7]
[155] [156] [157] [65] Pharmaceutically, selegiline is used almost always as the hydrochloride salt, though the free base form has also been used. [4] [158] At room temperature, selegiline hydrochloride is a white to near white crystalline powder. [4] Selegiline hydrochloride is freely soluble in water, chloroform, and methanol. [4]