"Prescription Drugs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.
| Descriptor ID |
D055553
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.670
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prescription Drugs".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Prescription Drugs".
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prescription Drugs" by people in Profiles.
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Why the increase? Examining the rise in prescription medication expenditures in the United States between 2011 and 2020. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2024 04; 20(4):432-442.
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Incremental health care expenditures for non-Hodgkin lymphoma in comparison with other cancers: Analysis of national survey data. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2023 May; 29(5):480-489.
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Improving utility of prescription drug monitoring programs with more accurate patient information. Fam Pract. 2022 Jul 19; 39(4):773-774.
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Marginal Health Care Expenditure Burden Among U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Individuals with Multiple Sclerosis: 2010-2015. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2020 Jun; 26(6):741-749.
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Factors Associated with Entering the Prescription Drug Coverage Gap Among Medicare Beneficiaries with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Popul Health Manag. 2021 04; 24(2):241-248.
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Patient-reported outcomes in light of supportive medications in treatment-na?ve lung cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2020 Apr; 28(4):1809-1816.
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Development of Prescription Drug Information Leaflets: Impact of Cognitive Effort and Patient Involvement on Prescription Medication Information Processing. Ther Innov Regul Sci. 2018 01; 52(1):118-129.
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The Prevalence of and Factors Associated With Receiving Concurrent Controlled Substance Prescriptions. Subst Use Misuse. 2017 Oct 15; 52(12):1639-1645.
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Physician Perception of Patient Medication Adherence in a Cohort of Medicare Advantage Plans in Texas. J Manag Care Spec Pharm. 2016 Mar; 22(3):305-12.
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Development and Validation of the RxDx-Dementia Risk Index to Predict Dementia in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Hypertension. J Alzheimers Dis. 2016; 49(2):423-32.