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Prescription Drugs

Known as: prescription drug 
Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.
National Institutes of Health

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Behind-the-Counter DrugsDrug PrescriptionsDrug manufacturing (field)Pharmacy (field)

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Pharmaceutical Preparations

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Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
CDC Grand Rounds: Prescription Drug Overdoes - A U.S. Epidemic
Review
2008
Review
2008
Chronic pain and opiates: balancing pain control and risks in long-term opioid treatment.
Highly Cited
2007
Highly Cited
2007
Literacy and Misunderstanding Prescription Drug Labels
TO THE EDITOR: Davis and colleagues (1) have very rightly highlighted the impact of patient literacy on understanding… 
Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Internet pharmacies and online prescription drug sales: a cross-sectional study
Psychonaut2002 is a European Union, multi-site research project to investigate the developing relationship between the Internet… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the promotion of pharmaceutical products. The FDA's regulations issued under the… 
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Aging, comorbidity, and reduced rates of drug treatment for diabetes mellitus.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
In the shadow of biomedicine: self medication in two Ecuadorian pharmacies.
Review
1986
Review
1986
Physician practice in the management of congestive heart failure.
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Matching Prescription Drugs and Consumers: The Benefits of Direct Advertising
This was the first paper to discuss the benefits of direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising. It was published in the New England… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
A Survey of Patients’ Receipt of Prescription Drug Information
A nationwide telephone survey of 1,223 individuals investigated the nature and source of information provided to patients… 
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