Abbreviations VAS: Visual analog scale; USSQ: Ureteral Stent Symptom Questionnaire; URS: Ureteroscopic stone removal. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Authors' cont
“PO” meansthe medication is taken by mouth “bid” or twice a day. The 'x' indicates this prescription is taken for a period of 5 days. ... However, Rx is the abbreviation for the Latin word meaning "recipe." The abbreviations used in prescriptions are derived from Latin terms. Wha...
The recording of ancient TCM prescriptions for epilepsy dates to 200 A.D. in theTreatise on Fevers, which isChaihu Guizhi Tang[19].Chaihu(Bupeuri Radix) has the function of soothing the liver and regulatingQi, andGuizhi(Cinnamomi Ramulus) acts as warming andYang-dredging which has been repo...
Usage of abbreviations was noted in 15% of total drugs prescribed and bronchodilators (61.9%) contributed to the highest. Trade names were used in 8.3% of prescriptions, especially in prescribing vitamins and probiotics. Route, dose and frequency were documented and contributed to 56.5%, 72% ...
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are barriers to accessFootnote1to medicines [2,3]. These flexibilities include but are not limited to compulsory licencing, Bolar provisions, limits to the scope of patentability, definitions of invention, parallel importation and the least developed country (LDC) transition period. See table below...
Abbreviations GP: General practitioner; JP: Joint pain; OA: Osteoarthritis. Competing interests The authors have no competing interests. Authors' contributions ZP conceived the review, conducted literature searches, conducted the narrative review and drafted the manuscript. TS and ABH contributed to the...
Your doctor will probably talk to you about combining chemo drugs. They may refer to them by abbreviations for their names. Some of the most common include: AC:Adriamycin and Cytoxan AT:Adriamycin and Taxotere CMF:Cytoxan, methotrexate, and fluorouracil ...
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Abbreviations SDS, state description system; TCM, traditional Chinese medicine; CRM, Chinese herbal medicine. Acknowledgments Thanks to the American Journal Experts for retouching this article. Author Contributions The author graduated from the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine in 1983 and s...