Combination drug
DRUG THAT CONTAINS TWO OR MORE ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS
Fixed dose combination; Fixed-dose combination; Combination drugs; Combo drug; Combination formulation; Combination products; Combination medication; Fixed dose combination drug; Fixed-dose combination drug; Fixed-dose combination medication; Fixed-dose; Fixed dose; Fixed dose combination medication; Co-formulated
A combination drug or a fixed-dose combination (FDC) is a medicine that includes two or more active ingredients combined in a single dosage form. Terms like "combination drug" or "combination drug product" can be common shorthand for a FDC product (since most combination drug products are currently FDCs), although the latter is more precise if in fact referring to a mass-produced product having a predetermined combination of drugs and respective dosages (as opposed to customized polypharmacy via compounding"5-in-1 PolyPill Treatment May Prevent Heart Disease", BAYVIEW PHARMACY'S PRESCRIPTION COMPOUNDING BLOG,Apr 01, 2009 @ 08:09 AM.