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formulary Definition

for·mu·lary (fôrmyo̵̅o̅ ler′ē, -myə-)

noun pl. -·lar′·ies

  1. a collection of fixed or prescribed forms or formulas, as in a book
  2. a fixed or prescribed form or formula
  3. Pharmacy a list of medicines with their formulas and directions for compounding them

Etymology: Fr formulaire < L formula, formula

adjective

of or like a formula or formulary

formulary Synonyms

formulary

n.

formulary Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • prescribe: Possible expansion of nurse prescribing formulary to include the whole BNF.
  • agree: Nurses ' prescribing may be limited by locally agreed formularies.
  • extend: The British Medical Association recently expressed concerns about the safety of extending the formulary to non-medical prescribers.

Adjective modifier

  • extended: Practice nurses are prescribing more items from the extended formulary than Primary Care Trust nurses.
  • generic: Could be sold fair or poor drugs generic formulary.
  • limited: These nurses will continue to prescribe from a limited formulary.
  • historic: In the 1970s the Articles were embedded in a package of " historic formularies " that bear witness to the faith.

Modifies a noun

  • prescriber: Editorial note: Cold sores do not appear on the list of minor ailments that extended formulary nurse prescribers can prescribe for.
  • pharmacist: From 1988 to 2003, Rob was also hospital formulary pharmacist for the North East Wales NHS Trust ( Maelor Hospital, Wrexham ).
  • inclusion: The biggest success for me was formulary inclusion in Greater Glasgow Health Board ( GGHB ); this was the first in Scotland.
  • nurse: In December 2002, there were almost 22,500 original formulary nurses recorded on the PPA database.
  • drug: Health coverage than likely explanation for a formulary drug.
  • status: In the US, Protonix enjoys the best health insurance formulary status of any branded prescription PPI.

Noun used with modifier

  • drug: A drug formulary appears at the back of the book.
  • hospital: Evidence of hospital formulary success is essential for this vacancy preferably with some knowledge of the diabetes market.
  • nurse: Nearly all the products are in the drug tariff and nurse prescriber formulary.
  • practice: Creation of a practice formulary would be a key step.

Possessives

  • prescriber: She also announced a new consultation for the expansion of the independent nurse prescribers ' formulary.
  • nurse: Respondents answered discipline-specific questions to investigate the knowledge that they had regarding products in the proposed nurses ' formulary.

Preposition: for

prescriber: All P medicines are included in the formulary for independent nurse prescribers.

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