pharmacy equivalent name

pharmacy equivalent name
(PEN) a shortened name for a drug or combination of drugs, used by pharmacists or practitioners when it may be impractical to use the full official term; when used for a combination of drugs, the term usually consists of the prefix co- plus an abbreviation for each drug in the combination.

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