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            | MEPS H77A CODEBOOK |  
            | 2003 PRESCRIBED MEDICINES |  
            | DATE:  October 25, 2005 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | TC1S1_1 |  
            | Description: | MULTUM THERAPEUT SUB-SUB-CLASS FOR TC1S1 |  
            | Format: | 3.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 400 |  
            | End: | 402 |  
 
        
          
            |  |  |  |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE | 131,450 | 1,234,130,285 |  
            | 59 MISCELLANEOUS ANALGESICS | 1,659 | 11,516,456 |  
            | 60 NARCOTIC ANALGESICS | 2,334 | 21,726,844 |  
            | 61 NONSTEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS | 6,363 | 52,500,973 |  
            | 62 SALICYLATES | 1,944 | 14,312,829 |  
            | 63 ANALGESIC COMBINATIONS | 978 | 7,925,863 |  
            | 68 BARBITURATES | 4 | 19,620 |  
            | 69 BENZODIAZEPINES | 2,724 | 24,512,505 |  
            | 70 MISCELLANEOUS ANXIOLYTICS, SEDATIVES AND H | 2,138 | 18,895,519 |  
            | 76 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIDEPRESSANTS | 1,597 | 14,674,564 |  
            | 77 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS | 2,964 | 21,969,176 |  
            | 79 PSYCHOTHERAPEUTIC COMBINATIONS | 48 | 398,338 |  
            | 102 CONTRACEPTIVES | 6,291 | 73,315,954 |  
            | 126 METHYLXANTHINES | 386 | 3,069,582 |  
            | 137 TOPICAL ANTI-INFECTIVES | 145 | 1,261,365 |  
            | 138 TOPICAL STEROIDS | 1,578 | 15,212,393 |  
            | 139 TOPICAL ANESTHETICS | 275 | 2,370,050 |  
            | 140 MISCELLANEOUS TOPICAL AGENTS | 813 | 7,425,399 |  
            | 141 TOPICAL STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES | 207 | 1,886,533 |  
            | 143 TOPICAL ACNE AGENTS | 1,066 | 10,938,982 |  
            | 144 TOPICAL ANTIPSORIATICS | 113 | 1,387,658 |  
            | 149 SPERMICIDES | 1 | 6,214 |  
            | 154 LOOP DIURETICS | 5,478 | 47,129,727 |  
            | 155 POTASSIUM-SPARING DIURETICS | 1,407 | 12,934,710 |  
            | 156 THIAZIDE DIURETICS | 5,243 | 47,965,886 |  
            | 157 CARBONIC ANHYDRASE INHIBITORS | 94 | 1,057,059 |  
            | 158 MISCELLANEOUS DIURETICS | 9 | 46,983 |  
            | 159 FIRST GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS | 1,089 | 10,182,127 |  
            | 160 SECOND GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS | 299 | 2,912,496 |  
            | 161 THIRD GENERATION CEPHALOSPORINS | 246 | 2,146,976 |  
            | 163 OPHTHALMIC ANTI-INFECTIVES | 725 | 7,097,922 |  
            | 164 OPHTHALMIC GLAUCOMA AGENTS | 2,645 | 23,595,245 |  
            | 165 OPHTHALMIC STEROIDS | 337 | 3,360,576 |  
            | 166 OPHTHALMIC STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES | 158 | 1,657,727 |  
            | 167 OPHTHALMIC ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS | 189 | 1,764,691 |  
            | 168 OPHTHALMIC LUBRICANTS AND IRRIGATIONS | 144 | 1,101,403 |  
            | 169 MISCELLANEOUS OPHTHALMIC AGENTS | 28 | 397,749 |  
            | 170 OTIC ANTI-INFECTIVES | 78 | 765,222 |  
            | 171 OTIC STEROIDS WITH ANTI-INFECTIVES | 156 | 1,662,748 |  
            | 172 MISCELLANEOUS OTIC AGENTS | 165 | 1,184,683 |  
            | 175 PROTEASE INHIBITORS | 141 | 1,167,526 |  
            | 176 NRTIS | 463 | 4,384,068 |  
            | 177 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIVIRALS | 12 | 165,612 |  
            | 178 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANTS | 2,969 | 25,618,658 |  
            | 179 SKELETAL MUSCLE RELAXANT COMBINATIONS | 133 | 1,307,192 |  
            | 180 ADRENERGIC BRONCHODILATORS | 6,148 | 47,520,924 |  
            | 181 BRONCHODILATOR COMBINATIONS | 2,788 | 24,641,340 |  
            | 182 ANDROGENS AND ANABOLIC STEROIDS | 119 | 1,277,346 |  
            | 183 ESTROGENS | 4,879 | 49,150,829 |  
            | 184 GONADOTROPINS | 36 | 425,691 |  
            | 185 PROGESTINS | 356 | 4,171,971 |  
            | 186 SEX HORMONE COMBINATIONS | 802 | 8,224,283 |  
            | 187 MISCELLANEOUS SEX HORMONES | 45 | 487,805 |  
            | 191 NARCOTIC ANALGESIC COMBINATIONS | 7,361 | 65,471,219 |  
            | 193 ANTIMIGRAINE AGENTS | 902 | 9,205,053 |  
            | 195 5HT3 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS | 106 | 835,006 |  
            | 196 PHENOTHIAZINE ANTIEMETICS | 582 | 4,623,528 |  
            | 197 ANTICHOLINERGIC ANTIEMETICS | 1,170 | 9,020,641 |  
            | 198 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIEMETICS | 541 | 5,390,685 |  
            | 199 HYDANTOIN ANTICONVULSANTS | 917 | 7,167,164 |  
            | 200 SUCCINIMIDE ANTICONVULSANTS | 8 | 68,466 |  
            | 201 BARBITURATE ANTICONVULSANTS | 263 | 1,983,547 |  
            | 203 BENZODIAZEPINE ANTICONVULSANTS | 2,749 | 23,901,388 |  
            | 204 MISCELLANEOUS ANTICONVULSANTS | 3,636 | 32,446,166 |  
            | 205 ANTICHOLINERGIC ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS | 354 | 2,222,559 |  
            | 208 SSRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS | 9,722 | 95,821,118 |  
            | 209 TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS | 2,297 | 19,764,062 |  
            | 210 PHENOTHIAZINE ANTIPSYCHOTICS | 108 | 731,946 |  
            | 211 PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS | 2,016 | 18,563,605 |  
            | 213 SULFONYLUREAS | 4,854 | 38,850,982 |  
            | 214 NON-SULFONYLUREAS | 4,461 | 38,270,585 |  
            | 215 INSULIN | 4,612 | 37,783,405 |  
            | 216 ALPHA-GLUCOSIDASE INHIBITORS | 44 | 418,788 |  
            | 222 PENICILLINASE RESISTANT PENICILLINS | 27 | 194,116 |  
            | 224 AMINOPENICILLINS | 3,881 | 34,270,125 |  
            | 225 BETA-LACTAMASE INHIBITORS | 730 | 6,759,749 |  
            | 226 NATURAL PENICILLINS | 721 | 6,335,569 |  
            | 227 NNRTIS | 110 | 889,285 |  
            | 228 ADAMANTANE ANTIVIRALS | 81 | 676,079 |  
            | 229 PURINE NUCLEOSIDES | 462 | 5,325,808 |  
            | 231 NICOTINIC ACID DERIVATIVES | 129 | 969,011 |  
            | 232 RIFAMYCIN DERIVATIVES | 20 | 162,971 |  
            | 234 MISCELLANEOUS ANTITUBERCULOSIS AGENTS | 17 | 194,012 |  
            | 235 AMPHOTERICINS | 73 | 680,752 |  
            | 236 AZOLE ANTIFUNGALS | 417 | 4,044,359 |  
            | 237 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIFUNGALS | 197 | 1,600,911 |  
            | 238 AMINOQUINOLONES | 301 | 2,628,179 |  
            | 239 MISCELLANEOUS ANTIMALARIALS | 839 | 7,833,387 |  
            | 244 NASAL LUBRICANTS AND IRRIGATIONS | 76 | 543,857 |  
            | 245 NASAL STEROIDS | 3,198 | 33,883,247 |  
            | 246 NASAL ANTIHISTAMINES AND DECONGESTANTS | 199 | 2,014,274 |  
            | 248 TOPICAL EMOLLIENTS | 288 | 2,590,489 |  
            | 261 HEPARINS | 81 | 691,235 |  
            | 262 COUMARINS AND INDANDIONES | 2,628 | 25,307,551 |  
            | 263 IMPOTENCE AGENTS | 6 | 60,142 |  
            | 264 URINARY ANTISPASMODICS | 1,315 | 12,220,867 |  
            | 265 URINARY PH MODIFIERS | 16 | 196,373 |  
            | 266 MISCELLANEOUS GENITOURINARY TRACT AGENTS | 146 | 1,559,452 |  
            | 267 OPHTHALMIC ANTIHISTAMINES AND DECONGESTAN | 602 | 5,540,747 |  
            | 268 VAGINAL ANTI-INFECTIVES | 56 | 543,428 |  
            | 269 MISCELLANEOUS VAGINAL AGENTS | 11 | 95,914 |  
            | 271 THIAZOLIDINEDIONES | 2,513 | 22,222,387 |  
            | 274 CARDIOSELECTIVE BETA BLOCKERS | 10,672 | 102,627,572 |  
            | 275 NON-CARDIOSELECTIVE BETA BLOCKERS | 2,276 | 23,252,163 |  
            | 276 DOPAMINERGIC ANTIPARKINSONISM AGENTS | 457 | 4,713,139 |  
            | 278 COX-2 INHIBITORS | 5,465 | 49,864,059 |  
            | 280 THIOXANTHENES | 44 | 359,823 |  
            | 281 NEURAMINIDASE INHIBITORS | 78 | 737,798 |  
            | 282 MEGLITINIDES | 132 | 906,509 |  
            | 286 MYDRIATICS | 28 | 479,231 |  
            | 288 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE INHIBITORS | 324 | 3,793,944 |  
            | 290 TOPICAL ANTIBIOTICS | 595 | 5,711,399 |  
            | 291 TOPICAL ANTIVIRALS | 26 | 257,519 |  
            | 292 TOPICAL ANTIFUNGALS | 692 | 5,925,751 |  
            | 296 INHALED CORTICOSTEROIDS | 1,074 | 9,069,214 |  
            | 298 MAST CELL STABILIZERS | 82 | 707,070 |  
            | 299 ANTICHOLINERGIC BRONCHODILATORS | 681 | 5,282,483 |  
            | 301 GLUCOCORTICOIDS | 3,655 | 31,545,433 |  
            | 302 MINERALOCORTICOIDS | 31 | 367,794 |  
            | 304 MACROLIDES | 4,202 | 40,206,762 |  
            | 306 PHENYLPIPERAZINE ANTIDEPRESSANTS | 1,369 | 12,491,466 |  
            | 307 TETRACYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANTS | 507 | 4,450,184 |  
            | 308 SSNRI ANTIDEPRESSANTS | 1,652 | 16,534,884 |  
            | 311 DIBENZAZEPINE ANTICONVULSANTS | 998 | 6,786,541 |  
            | 314 ANTIDIABETIC COMBINATIONS | 982 | 7,902,829 |  
            | TOTAL | 304,324 | 2,801,512,035 |  
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