Drugs

Drugs

Terms in relation to substances, other than food, that have medicinal, intoxicating, performance enhancing, or other effects when put into the body of a human or animal.

Industry: Pharmaceutical

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route

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A route of administration is a way of administering a drug to a site in a patient. A comprehensive list of specific routes of administration appears in the CDER Data Standards Manual.

strength

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

The strength of a drug product tells how much of the active ingredient is present in each dosage.

A supplement is an application to allow a company to make changes in a product that already has an approved new drug application (NDA). CDER must approve all important NDA changes (in packaging or ...

supplement number

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A supplement number is associated with an existing FDA New Drug Application (NDA) number. Companies are allowed to make changes to drugs or their labels after they have been approved. To change a ...

bath salts

Pharmaceutical; Drugs

A powder substance also known as Ivory Wave, Vanilla Sky and Blue Magic, which is legally available in most countries, and can have hallucinogenic and even fatal effects. It is often mistakenly ...