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Generic Product Identifier. The Generic Product Identifier (GPI) is a 14-character hierarchical classification system created by Wolters Kluwer's Medi-Span that identifies drugs from their primary therapeutic use down to the unique interchangeable product regardless of manufacturer or package size. The code consists of seven subsets, each ...
The national drug code is a unique 10 or 11 digit, 3-segment numeric identifier assigned to each medication listed under Section 510 of the US Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The segments identify the labeler or vendor, product (within the scope of the labeler), and trade package (of this product). The first segment, the labeler code, is ...
A valid DEA number consists of: 2 letters, 6 numbers, and 1 check digit. The first letter is a code identifying the type of registrant (see below) The second letter is the first letter of the registrant's last name, or "9" for registrants using a business address instead of name. Of the seven digits that follow, the seventh digit is a "checksum ...
Prescription drug. A prescription drug (also prescription medication, prescription medicine or prescription-only medication) is a pharmaceutical drug that is permitted to be dispensed only to those with a medical prescription. In contrast, over-the-counter drugs can be obtained without a prescription.
This is a list of abbreviations used in medical prescriptions, including hospital orders (the patient-directed part of which is referred to as sig codes). This list does not include abbreviations for pharmaceuticals or drug name suffixes such as CD, CR, ER, XT (See Time release technology § List of abbreviations for those).
The pharmacist faces 20 years in prison for her involvement in the “cash-only, pill-mill pharmacy,” according to federal officials. Pharmacist illegally sold over 100,000 opioid pills in Texas ...
The bank account, he was told, was meant to cover travel expenses for health department officials so that they could examine a program that their colleagues in Texas had told them about. It seemed like a promising way to create modern prescription guidelines for Pennsylvania’s use of antipsychotic drugs in state mental institutions and among ...
Tadalafil, sold under the brand name Cialis among others, is a medication used to treat erectile dysfunction, benign prostatic hyperplasia, and pulmonary arterial hypertension. [5][6][8] It is taken by mouth. [8] Onset is typically within half an hour and the duration is up to 36 hours. [8]