Pharmaceutical drug
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| A '''pharmaceutical drug''', also referred to as '''medicine''', '''medication''' or '''medicament''', can be loosely defined as any [[chemical substance]] intended for use in the [[medical diagnosis]], [[cure]], [[Therapy|treatment]], or [[Preventive medicine|prevention]] of [[disease]]. | A '''pharmaceutical drug''', also referred to as '''medicine''', '''medication''' or '''medicament''', can be loosely defined as any [[chemical substance]] intended for use in the [[medical diagnosis]], [[cure]], [[Therapy|treatment]], or [[Preventive medicine|prevention]] of [[disease]]. | ||
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A pharmaceutical drug, also referred to as medicine, medication or medicament, can be loosely defined as any chemical substance intended for use in the medical diagnosis, cure, treatment, or prevention of disease.
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See also
- Compliance
- Food Technology
- Herbalism
- History of pharmacy
- List of drugs
- List of pharmaceutical companies
- List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines
- Medical prescription
- Medicinal chemistry
- Medicine
- Nocebo
- Orphan drug
- Patient safety
- Pharmaceutical company
- Pharmacology
- Pharmacy Automation - The Tablet Counter
- Pharmacy
- Pharmakeia
- Placebo
- Poison
- Prescription drug
- Risk factors in pregnancy
- Small molecule
- Use of biotechnology in pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Vaccine
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