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2. Prescription drug - Wikipedia

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   The simple possession of a prescription-only medicine without a prescription is legal unless it is covered by the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. [ 5 ] A patient visits a medical practitioner or dentist , who may prescribe drugs and certain other medical items, such as blood glucose-testing equipment for diabetics .

3. Medical prescription - Wikipedia

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   This is an exhortation to the pharmacist by the medical practitioner, "I want the patient to have the following medication" [49] – in other words, "take the following components and compound this medication for the patient". The inscription section defines what is the medication. The inscription section is further composed of one or more of: [50]

4. Medication package insert - Wikipedia

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   PILLS (Patient Information Language Localisation System) is a one-year effort by the European Commission to produce a prototype tool which will support the creation of various kinds of medical documentation simultaneously in multiple languages, by storing the information in a database and allowing a variety of forms and languages of output.

5. Electronic prescribing - Wikipedia

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   The pharmacist then retrieves the patient's information from the system and issues the medicine. Because the e-Prescription system draws on data from the national health insurance fund, any state medical subsidies that the patient is entitled to, also appear, and the medicine is discounted accordingly.

6. Insurers try not to deny patients prescription drugs. Here's ...

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   Nationwide, prescription drugs are the costliest and commonly used heath plan benefit. Last year, BlueCross spent more than $3 billion on medications for our members. Every one of those dollars ...

7. Formulary (pharmacy) - Wikipedia

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   In the US, where a system of quasi-private healthcare is in place, a formulary is a list of prescription drugs available to enrollees, and a tiered formulary provides financial incentives for patients to select lower-cost drugs. For example, under a 3-tier formulary, the first tier typically includes generic drugs with the lowest cost sharing ...