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What does NEO*IV* stand for in prescription drug name?

Open bettyJin opened this issue 4 months ago • 1 comments

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When I query the prescriptions table, there are quite a few "drug" names prepended with NEO*IV* (ex: NEO*IV*Cefotaxime, NEO*IV*Ampicillin Sodium, ...) Does anyone know what this acronym means? More specifically, what NEO means? (I am assuming IV means intravenous)

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bettyJin avatar Mar 11 '24 18:03 bettyJin