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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
Medical & Dental Studies

PMO medicines

Hello , I want to know one thing which is relating to medicines. I saw a sentence in a hospital brochure which says

We only sell PMO medicines on prescription. I want to know what is this PMO is? anybody have some idea?

Siva kumar
  

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com/Postmenopausal+Osteoporosis Just a guess from an acronym list.

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Mister Micawber
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Just a guess from an acronym list.
Your guess is correct, Mister Micawber. Didronel is the leading brand according to my drugs books.
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Hi Anonymous,

AnonymousWe only sell PMO medicines on prescription.
Are you sure that it is PMO medicines?

Sri
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Hello

Iam sorry sirs. It is POM medicines. it is typing mistake. please excuse me.

Shiva K
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Hi Shiva,

As the definition for PMO is already furnished and verified, let us see what this POM stands for.

POM stands for Prescription Only Medicines which includes most of the powerful drugs like antibiotics and hypnotics. It is difficult to list all those medicines as the list is very extensive. These POM medicines should not be used without medical supervision.
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Thank you sir. but i want to ask that some medicines are given without prescription also. like pain killers, paracetamol, medical gels, nasal sprays. are they dont come under POM medicines?

sir it is a medium size nursing home brochure. i want to know if the pharmacy is present in the hospital or pharmacy present out side hospital make any difference in the issueing of POM medicines? I al
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Hi Shiva K,

Anonymous i want to ask that some medicines are given without prescription also. like pain killers, paracetamol, medical gels, nasal sprays. are they dont come under POM medicines?
Those medicines are not considered as POM. Those medicines come under OTC category. OTC stands for Over-the-counter which doesn't require prescription to
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Thanks sir. sir i want to ask if this POM stands for all countries? or is there any other abbrevition for POM? I heard that POM is general term in india. thanks

Shiva K
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AnonymousThanks sir. sir i want to ask if this POM stands for all countries? or is there any other abbrevition for POM? I heard that POM is general term in india. thanks
Shiva K
In Britain they are refered to as CD's (Controlled Drugs), although the avaerage person in the street wouldn't use that term, they would say that they need a persciption. Over th
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Hi Shiva,

I don't know what it is called in the rest of the word, but different countries have different definitions of what constitutes a prescription drug. In India, those POM medicines come under SCHEDULE - H category. I suggest you to see this link for better understanding:

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