"Drug Substitution" 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.
The practice of replacing one prescribed drug with another that is expected to have the same clinical or psychological effect.
| Descriptor ID |
D057915
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.319.307.312 N02.421.668.778.500.312
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| Concept/Terms |
Drug Substitution- Drug Substitution
- Drug Substitutions
- Substitution, Drug
- Substitutions, Drug
- Therapeutic Substitution
- Substitution, Therapeutic
- Substitutions, Therapeutic
- Therapeutic Substitutions
- Drug Switching
- Drug Switchings
- Switching, Drug
- Switchings, Drug
Generic Substitution- Generic Substitution
- Generic Substitutions
- Substitution, Generic
- Substitutions, Generic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug Substitution" by people in Profiles.
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Decreased Bleeding Rates in Patients with Hemophilia A Switching from Standard-Half-Life FVIII to BAY 94-9027 Prophylaxis. Thromb Haemost. 2021 08; 121(8):1079-1086.
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Neuropsychological changes in efavirenz switch regimens. AIDS. 2019 07 01; 33(8):1307-1314.
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Updates on hepatitis C virus therapy in the direct-acting antiviral era. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2017 May; 33(3):115-119.
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Drug Shortages in Perioperative Medicine: Past, Present, or Future? Anesth Analg. 2015 Aug; 121(2):259-61.