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MeSH Heading: Drug Substitution
Tree Number(s): E02.319.307.312; N02.421.668.778.500.312
Unique ID: D057915
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D057915
Scope Note: The practice of replacing one prescribed drug with another that is expected to have the same clinical or psychological effect.
Entry Term(s): Drug Switching; Generic Substitution; Therapeutic Substitution
Previous Indexing: Drug Therapy (2006-2010); Therapeutic Equivalency (1979-2010)
Public MeSH Note: 2011
History Note: 2011
Date Established: 2011/01/01
Date of Entry: 2010/06/25
Revision Date: 2015/06/29

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

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