A prescription
writing is a health-care program implemented by a physician or other
qualified health care practitioner in the form of instructions that govern the
plan of care for an individual patient. The term often refers to a health care
providers written authorization for a patient to purchase a prescription drug from
a pharmacist. A prescription drug is a pharmaceutical drug
that legally requires a medical prescription to be dispensed. In contrast,
over-the-counter drugs can be obtained without a prescription. The reason for
this difference in substance control is the potential scope of misuse, from
drug abuse to practicing
medicine without a license and without sufficient education. Different
jurisdictions have different definitions of what constitutes a prescription
drug. The journal of Pharmacovigilance and
Pharmacoepidemiology aim is to
publish high quality research in the discipline of Pharmacovigilance by
providing encouragement for editors, reviewers, authors, and readers to have an
uninterrupted scientific communication.
