medication
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A medication is a substance used to treat, prevent, or manage disease and health conditions in people. Medications matter because they help relieve symptoms, cure illnesses, and improve quality of life.
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- Medicine, drug, pharmaceutical, pharmaceutical preparation, pharmaceutical product, medicinal product, medicament, remedy, meds
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- Definition
- Usage
- Classification
- Classification By Function
- By Administration
- Drug discovery
- Development
- Regulation
- Drug pricing
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- Canada
- Brazil
- India
- United States
- History
- Prescription drug history
- Ancient pharmacology
- Medieval pharmacology
- Modern pharmacology
- Controversies
- Access to unapproved drugs
- Access to medicines and drug pricing
- Environmental issues
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thumb|An example of a medication is a prescription drug.
Medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal product, medicinal drug, or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field and relies on the science of pharmacology for continual advancement and on pharmacy for appropriate management.