Tablet splitting

Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics

Volumn 51, Issue 1318, 2009, Pages 62-63

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Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE PLUS ATORVASTATIN; AMLODIPINE PLUS OLMESARTAN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ATORVASTATIN; AVALIDE; EZETIMIBE PLUS SIMVASTATIN; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE PLUS IRBESARTAN; LISINOPRIL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; METFORMIN PLUS SITAGLIPTIN; METOPROLOL; PERCOCET; RISPERIDONE; SIMVASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WARFARIN; DRUG;

CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG COST; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT SURVEY; SWALLOWING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TABLET; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY;

CHEMISTRY, PHARMACEUTICAL; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COST SAVINGS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUALITY CONTROL; TABLETS;

EID: 68849114031     PISSN: 0025732X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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