What Does FDA Mean in Medical Terms?

FDA stands for Food and Drug Administration. United States agency regulating medicines and food.

Where you will see FDA

You will most often see FDA in medical charts and clinical notes, medication orders and prescriptions.

Example

A medication order might be written with “FDA” as shorthand for Food and Drug Administration.

Related abbreviations

• 3% saline — three percent saline (hypertonic)
• 5-FU — fluorouracil
• 6-MP — mercaptopurine
• 6-TG — thioguanine
• 7+3 — seven plus three induction
• A&O x4 — alert and oriented times four (person place time situation)
• a.c. — ante cibum (before meals)
• a.m. — ante meridiem (morning)

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