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MeSH Heading: Drug Misuse
Tree Number(s): C25.775.342; F03.900.384
Unique ID: D000076064
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000076064
Scope Note: Use of a drug for a purpose not consistent with legal or medical guidelines.
Entry Term(s): Non-Prescription Drug Misuse; Non-Prescription Medicine Misuse; Nonprescription Drug Misuse; Over-the-Counter Drug Misuse
NLM Classification #: QV 58
Previous Indexing: Substance-Related Disorders (1966-2017)
Public MeSH Note: 2018
History Note: 2018
Date Established: 2018/01/01
Date of Entry: 2017/07/11
Revision Date: 2023/04/05

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

legislation & jurisprudence (LJ)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

Concept UI: M000632125
Terms: Non-Prescription Drug Misuse Preferred Term
Term UI T000925227
Date05/23/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Non-Prescription Medicine Misuse
Term UI T000925228
Date05/23/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Nonprescription Drug Misuse
Term UI T000928075
Date06/29/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018); Over-the-Counter Drug Misuse
Term UI T000928076
Date06/29/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2018)

Drug Misuse MeSH Descriptor Data 2025