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

[edodd]

> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 01:07:04AM -0700, Jim Busser wrote:
>> Subject: Re: [Gnumed-devel] proper English term needed for medication
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>> On 2009-10-29, at 12:55 AM, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
>>
>> >So "regular medication" seems to fit the bill.
>>
>> Even for drugs used irregularly (episodically, and prn)?
>
> That is the catch: While "Dauer" in German does not imply
> anything about the actual regimen of intake it does imply
> permanency of approval to ingest.
>

>
> "long-term"
>
>       I'll probably best use this in the backend for the column name
>       as it nicely implies "expected to be taken for a long but rather
>       indefinite duration"
>
>       We can still try to find the best term (if possible)
>       to use in the client.
>


we use short term and long term
in AU
probably in general usage