Word Finder - prescribing

definition

To order (a drug or medical device) for use by a particular patient (under licensed authority).

example

The doctor prescribed aspirin.

definition

To specify by writing as a required procedure or ritual; to lay down authoritatively as a guide, direction, or rule of action.

example

The property meets the criteria prescribed by the regulations.

The best method of prescribing podophyllin is in pill form.

In prescribing this drug it must be remembered that fully three days elapse before it gets into the system, and thus it must always be combined with other remedies to tide the patient over this period.

In the first instance laws were enacted prescribing schedules of maximum freight and passenger rates with stringent penalties against rebates and discriminations.

Poster presentations for work related to any aspect of prudent antimicrobial prescribing are invited.

There is no indication for prescribing two benzodiazepines rather than diazepam alone.

The impact of supplementary prescribing in primary care Pharmacist prescribing a blind alley?

They visited 28 nursing homes and examined the prescribing of what has been called the " chemical cosh " to 217 of the residents.

A common method of prescribing in the UK is to determine the amount of prism required to eliminate a fixation disparity.

The prescribing doctor will consider all these factors before deciding exactly what to do.

Possible expansion of nurse prescribing formulary to include the whole BNF.

Practice nurses are prescribing more items from the extended formulary than Primary Care Trust nurses.

This author concludes that nurses should ensure that prescribing is adopted as a tool allowing nurses to provide holistic, patient-centred care.

Prescribing patterns of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in primary care in the United Kingdom.

Many MSPs have talked about postcode prescribing for beta interferon.

Criteria All patients should have the reason for prescribing laxatives recorded.

There is much more to the care of drug users than prescribing methadone.

Visit the GP prescribing the naltrexone within the week after discharge from the clinic.

If symptoms interfere with daily activities and do not respond to initial management, consider prescribing nifedipine.

Instead of accepting dogma, perhaps one ought to think through problems including the problem of prescribing opiates.

How are decisions made about prescribing of anti-psychotic drugs for psychiatric outpatients?

Prescribing services should also offer treatment which does not include pharmacotherapy, including treatment for opiate dependence and crack users.

The prescribing physician will need to weigh the option of alternative treatments in women who are pregnant or are planning to become pregnant.

Your entire career may seem to rest upon a decision to resist prescribing the pill.

Repeat prescribing We looked at repeat prescribing We looked at repeat prescribing, concentrating on expensive drugs.

Prescribing a statin is likely to be low on the list of priorities, particularly where many drugs are already prescribed.

Therefore, perhaps supplementary prescribing should be seen as a tool to implement evidence-based medicine, which does improve outcomes.

Confusion persists about supplementary prescribing Hay A. et al.

This guide sets out the steps required to implement supplementary prescribing in England.

Following the consultation Lord Philip Hunt announced plans to introduce supplementary prescribing in November 2002.

Some specialist nurses have been able to use supplementary prescribing in chronic illness clinics and sometimes in a hospital environment.

Thirty-three physicians prescribing thyroxine were randomized (open-label) by a computer to one of two formulary systems.

This study has shown that an urgent review of dental undergraduate and postgraduate education in antibiotic prescribing is required.

In this form a law prescribing one year's fallow in seven may have been anciently observed, but it scarcely originated from the analogy of a seventh day of rest.

About 1850 there began to appear on the statute books laws requiring publicity of rates and the submission of annual reports to the legislature, prescribing limits to corporate indebtedness, and also making provision for safety in operation and for the character and quality of railway service.

The action of the Supreme Council in Paris in prescribing the frontier line of the secret treaty of London as the line of occupation under the Austro-Hungarian armistice was keenly resented by the Yugosla y s as a breach with Wilsonian principles.

The law permits druggists to keep for sale no other form of alcoholic drink than pure alcohol; physicians prescribing alcohol must fill out a blank, specifying the patient's ailment, and certifying that alcohol is necessary; the prescription must be filled the day it is dated, must be served directly to the physician or to the patient, must not call for more than a pint, and may not be refilled.'

Again, the account of the Hipparchus is contradicted by Diogenes Laertius, who says that Solon provided for the due recitation of the Homeric poems. The only good authorities as to this point are the orators Lycurgus and Isocrates, who mention the law prescribing the recitation, but do not say when or by whom it was enacted.

Repeat Prescribing We looked at repeat prescribing, concentrating on expensive drugs.

In these situations, medical prescribing is effectively rubber-stamping the nurses ' decisions.

Before prescribing any medication, a full history, including past addictions, should be taken.

Cough syrup makers and physicians began using and prescribing it regularly.

In situations where valium is legitimately prescribed and used under careful observation and assessment, complications such as addiction will be detected and dealt with early by the prescribing physician.

Murray is being charged with involuntary manslaughter, accused of prescribing the lethal drug cocktail that eventually killed the pop singer.

Treating a patient with hearing issues can include examination of the ear canal, cleaning of the ear canal, prescribing and preparing hearing aids and implants, and counseling about how to use the devices.

If irritation persists, discuss the mask form with the prescribing physician.

If you are currently taking Trazodone and suffer from insomnia, contact your prescribing physician or psychiatrist.

Frequently a physician will recommend this type of appliance instead of prescribing a CPAP machine with a low-pressure setting.

After the culture, however, the physician may initiate early treatment by prescribing a broad spectrum antibiotic to be started before results of the culture are available.

Because many over-the-counter allergy medicines contain multiple drugs, parents should be sure to read the prescribing and dosage information for any antihistamine their children are taking to ensure safe use.

The physician also may "treat through" the allergy by prescribing antihistamines and corticosteroids during drug administration.