Pharmacopeia

Pharmacopeia (or pharmacopoeia) is a book or collection of official standards and guidelines for the preparation, quality control, and use of medicines and other healthcare products. These standards are established by national or international organisations such as the British Pharmacopoeia (BP) and the United States Pharmacopeia (USP), and are acknowledged as the gold standard for ensuring the quality and safety of medicinal substances and products. Pharmacists, physicians, manufacturers, and regulatory agencies often refer to pharmacopoeias to make sure that the medicines and healthcare products they use or produce meet the required quality standards and are safe and effective for patient use.

The British Pharmacopeia (BP) requires the Paracetamol content to be between 95.0% and 105.0% of the labeled amount.

The BP also specifies limits for impurities such as p-aminophenol, 4-chloroaniline, and 4-aminophenol. For example, the limit for p-aminophenol is not more than 0.001%.

by TheMedtionary April 3, 2023

pharmacoping skills

the means by which one handles the vicissitudes of life according to what and how many drugs are required to that end.

melvin has marvelous pharmacoping skills, his doctor is only to happy to oblige.

by lexicali slim September 8, 2010

Pharmacopia

Noun. Plural.

Definition: An odd collection of medications (over the counter and/or prescription), vitamins, supplements and other assorted capsules or tablets, usually in a medicine cabinet or in one's desk drawer at work.

"Holy Hannah! Look at Susie's pharmacopia! She's got all the fixin's for a crystal meth lab!"

by Maven April 15, 2004

Pharmacophile

A lover of all things pharmacological.

I could get cocaine or its chemical equivalent in three seconds flat, along with various hallucinogenic plants my chemistry-loving husband has found advertised on the internet. We're a family of pharmacophiles (Rat Park: The Radical Addiction Experiment).

by Medicalization or Education May 19, 2018