Topic: medication
Definition:

  • (medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease the act of treating with medicines or remedies

    Related tag cloud:

  • pharmacy
  • medicine
  • prescription
  • drugs
  • drug
  • treatment
  • health
  • medical
  • pills
  • prescriptions
  • pharmacies
  • xenical
  • rx
  • depression
  • medications
  • viagra
  • therapy
  • side effects
  • doctor
  • propecia
  • pill
  • Resources:

    Institute For Safe Medication Practices
    Provides information about adverse drug events and their prevention to healthcare practitioners and institutions, regulatory agencies, professional organizations and the pharmaceutical industry. Includes research findings, books and publications, an electronic discussion forum, and links to related sites.
    http://www.ismp.org/

    Safe Medication
    Medication search engine, information on safety and useful content on how to take medicines most effectively.
    http://www.safemedication.com

    NIAAA
    National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Supports and conducts biomedical and behavioral research on the causes, consequences, treatment, and prevention of alcoholism and alcohol-related problems.
    http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/

    Food and Drug Administration
    The Consumer Protection Agency of the U.S. Government which monitors medical devices, foods, drugs, biologics, veterinary medicine, and toxicological research.
    http://www.fda.gov