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Contents 1 Comment 1 2 Standardization of all Drug Articles. 3 Inappropriate links 4 Appropriate links 5 Drugs and brand names 6 Not all medicines are commercial products 7 Medication/Medicine 8 Proposal for a modification of the definition 9 A broader definition of medication 10 Is there anything called slow posion 11 Pharmaceutical drugs 12 Essential drugs

[edit] Comment 1

Shouldn't this article be merge with the one about drug? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.186.223.13 (talk) 20:27, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Standardization of all Drug Articles.

I propose that we start a site-wide reconstruction of all medication articles. It seems like the information that we have is very spotty, redundant, and unorganized (and I've mostly just been reading the Anti-Psychotic Articles). I'm asking seriously for an admin or other officer to promote this reformation to really improve a section with such incredible potential.

[edit] Inappropriate links

I think the addition of an external link to Mansfield-King "a premier personal care contract specialist. We provide fast, flexible and error-free contract formulating, contract manufacturing and contract packaging." is neither useful nor appropriate to this general article on medication. If there were a separate article on medication packaging, and if this company were particularly notable in that field, then the external link might be approipriate. David Ruben ^Talk 03:21, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Appropriate links

Having followed a link from the Medicine article to Iatrogenesis, which listed the article Polypharmacy; I suggest introducing a short indication about consumer drug taking outcomes, as indicated in the polypharmacy article, about multiple drug use. Drakonicon 16:02, 14 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Drugs and brand names

Dear all,

There is a discussion about brand names on all drug articles, and the consequences of any decision are not clear. Reading many articles about drugs, it seems to me that there are different approaches about brands and names:

• Use only the INN name in the article, and cite only the first brand name for historical reasons;
• Use only INN name in the whole article and have a section for brands, countries and eventual generic drug availability;
• Cite brand names near the incipit of the article, after the INN name;
• Use only INN names removing brands;
• (others that I didn't find in articles).

There are reasons for all of them.

My personal point of view is that brand names are important, and should be cited in a section, indicating countries and names, but only for the pure substance, e.g. Coefferalgan® is a mix of Paracetamol and Codeine, so it should not be mentioned IMO. In the whole article, I'd use just the INN name, and probably the first historical brand name.

I personally find not very clear to have different standards on drugs and medication, and a standardization should be tried.

What is your opinion about this topic? Sensei 10:24, 22 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Not all medicines are commercial products

I have simplified the opening paragraph by moving the “legal” details to a later section. As previously written it gave the impression that all medicines are commercial products. Medicines were found in the wild long before they were produced commercially and in many parts of the world still are. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.155.140.254 (talk) 20:34, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Medication/Medicine

In my experience routine use of the word "Medication" is limited to North America. In most English speaking parts of the world the word "Medicine" is used instead in addition to its use to denote the field of Medicine. It seems appropriate to acknowledge this in the introductory paragraph. On the first occasion I added this information someone removed it without comment. I have replaced the information and added a reference to the Medicine disambiguation page. Also see Wiki Dictionary "Medicine". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 81.155.140.254 (talk) 19:14, 8 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Proposal for a modification of the definition

Dear all,

a french user translate the definition of this article into the french article. this was reverted as I think that the definition is not complete.

I'm proposing to complete the curent definition: "A medication is any drug taken to cure or reduce the symptoms of an illness or ongoing medical condition. Commercial medications are produced by pharmaceutical companies and are often patented. Those that are not patented are called generic drugs."

by this definition (or any more complete proposal you may wish):

"A medication, medicines or drug is any substance or combination of substances which may be used in or administered to human beings or animals with a view to treating or preventing disease or to making a medical diagnosis. Commercial medications are produced by pharmaceutical companies and are often patented. Copies of former patented drugs are called generic drugs."

this defintion is base on european law which says: (a) Any substance or combination of substances presented as having properties for treating or preventing disease in human beings; or (b) Any substance or combination of substances which may be used in or administered to human beings either with a view to restoring, correcting or modifying physiological functions by exerting a pharmacological, immunological or metabolic action, or to making a medical diagnosis.

Consolidated Directive 2001/83/EC (as amended) of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 November 2001 on the Community code relating to medicinal products for human use Title 1, art1, 2 (medicinal product), page13 [1]

I also change the sentence "Those that are not patented are called generic drugs" as in some part of the world (in europe for example) generic may have a different meaning (you can have not patented medicines which are not generic).

I'm waiting for your comments. --Leridant 13:04, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A broader definition of medication

What about a historical approach of the use of substances for healing? We should also include, besides modern chemical drugs, ethnobotany, phytotherapy, homeopathy and others wich are widely used.

(Zocastro (talk) 10:24, 11 September 2008 (UTC))

[edit] Is there anything called slow posion

i herd of slow posion and saw in a movie that they will kill her slowly by 1 yera using that drug what is that exactly —Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.11.51.170 (talk) 09:10, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Pharmaceutical drugs

The article appears to be about drugs produced by pharmaceutical companies rather than medication in any broader sense. Perhaps the content should be at Pharmaceutical drugs. Laurel Bush (talk) 11:40, 2 February 2009 (UTC).

I have just moved the page to Pharmaceutical drug, and Medication is now a redirect to Drug. Laurel Bush (talk) 17:33, 2 February 2009 (UTC)>

In my opinion, it doesn't matter too much whether the article is titled "medication" or "pharmaceutical drug". But if it is "pharmaceutical drug", then medication should redirect to pharmaceutical drug because that is by far the most common meaning compared to the band medication (band). The current disambiguation page could then be moved to medication (disambiguation). ChemNerd (talk) 16:39, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

I'll go along with that, Medication as a redirect to Pharmaceutical drug, for the time being, Medication is, to my mind, a bit of a euphemism. Laurel Bush (talk) 11:03, 4 February 2009 (UTC).

I have moved it now. ChemNerd (talk) 21:23, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Further thoughts
I did have Medication as a redirect to Drug, until I realised there was Medication (band) to disambiguate
Is it appropriate for Wikipedia articles to imply that the pharmaceutical industry has a monopoly on drug morality?
The implication of monopoly on morality is apparent, to my mind, in use of medication to mean pharmaceutical drug, either as the title of an article about pharmaceutical drugs or as a redirect to that article
Illicit cannabis, for example is often produced and supplied by people who seem honestly to believe that they are providing medication
But, I will leave Medication as it is for now
Laurel Bush (talk) 11:12, 5 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Essential drugs

Perhaps the phramaceutical drugs found essential by the WHo may be described in more detail in the article see List of World Health Organization Essential Medicines —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.245.183.20 (talk) 12:12, 8 April 2009 (UTC)