"Prescription Drugs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Drugs that cannot be sold legally without a prescription.
| Descriptor ID |
D055553
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D26.670
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| Concept/Terms |
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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Prescription Drugs".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Prescription Drugs".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Prescription Drugs" by people in this website by year, and whether "Prescription Drugs" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Prescription Drugs" by people in Profiles.
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A National Study Among Diverse US Populations of Exposure to Prescription Medications with Evidence-Based Pharmacogenomic Information. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2025 06; 117(6):1793-1802.
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A flexible mixed-data model applied to claims data for post-market surveillance of prescription drug safety behavior. Pharm Stat. 2022 09; 21(5):1022-1036.
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Prevalence of potential interactions of medications, including herbs and supplements, before, during, and after chemotherapy in patients with breast and prostate cancer. Cancer. 2021 06 01; 127(11):1827-1835.
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Differences in the Receipt of Low-Value Services Between Publicly and Privately Insured Children. Pediatrics. 2020 02; 145(2).
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Prescription opioid misuse among middle-aged and older adults in the United States, 2015-2016. Prev Med. 2019 04; 121:94-98.
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Patient-provider communications about pharmacogenomic results increase patient recall of medication changes. Pharmacogenomics J. 2019 12; 19(6):528-537.
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Analysis of comprehensive pharmacogenomic profiling to impact in-hospital prescribing. Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2019 02; 29(2):23-30.
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Prescription Medication Use Among Children and Adolescents in the United States. Pediatrics. 2018 09; 142(3).
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Polypharmacy and patterns of prescription medication use among cancer survivors. Cancer. 2018 07 01; 124(13):2850-2857.
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Association of Prescription Drug Price Rebates in Medicare Part D With Patient Out-of-Pocket and Federal Spending. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 08 01; 177(8):1185-1188.