Authoritative treatise containing directions for the identification of drug samples and the preparation of compound medicines, and published by the authority of a government or a medical or pharmaceutical society and in a broader sense is a general reference work for pharmaceutical drug specifications.
A list of drugs and formulas.
An official publication that describes drugs and potential bioactive chemicals from plants for health and medicine.
An official and authoritative book or publication listing all the various drugs that may be used.
An official list of drugs, their methods of preparation, dosages and the ways in which they should be used.
Collection or stock of drugs. Often refers to a standardized treatise (e.g.. United States Pharmacopoeia or USP) that contains formulas and information for the standard preparation and dispensing of drugs. The USP is issued every five years, with periodic supplements. A national committee of pharmacists, pharmacologists, physicians, chemists, biologists, and other scientific professionals write it. The initials USP after a drug name indicate that it is prepared in accordance with standards published in the pharmacopoeia (e.g., sterile saline, USP).
An official publication dealing with the recognized drugs and giving their doses, preparations, sources, and tests. Most countries have a pharmacopoeia of their own. That for Great Britain and Ireland is prepared by the British Pharmacopoeia Commission under the direction of the Medicines Commission. Many hospitals and medical schools have a small pharmacopoeia of their own, giving the prescriptions most commonly dispensed in that particular hospital or school. The British National Formulary is a compact authoritative volume for those concerned with the prescribing or dispensing of medicines.
An authoritative publication containing a list of drugs and details of the formulae, preparation, standards of production, dosages and uses of medicines.
Any publication that catalogs and explains a majority of medicinal medications, particularly an authoritative reference. An illustration of this is the British Pharmacopoeia (BP).
A pharmacopoeia furnishes details about the origins, formulations, and dosages of medications. It might additionally encompass insights into the mechanisms of drug actions and potential unfavorable outcomes.
A book that provides methods and recipes for making drugs.