Re: [Gnumed-devel] proper English term needed for medication

[Karsten Hilbert]

On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 03:42:18PM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:

> >drug expected to be taken perpetually, such as hypertensive
> >agents.
> >
> >In German we say "Dauermedikament". A literal translation
> >could be "permanent medication".
> 
> In English we might mainly think of the adverb
> 
>       to take a medication *indefinitely*
> 
> but if you want an adjective + noun I would better suggest
> 
>       ongoing medication
> 
> ... the ongoing speaking to the lack of an intended stop date

The "ongoing" not being in danger of being confused
with "current" ?

Karsten
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