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The United States
Pharmacopoeia is a
compendium of
drugs published every year[1]
by the
United States Pharmacopoeial
Convention. It forms the basis
of enforcement actions by the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration
and the US
Drug Enforcement Administration
and is the official pharmacopoeia
of the
U.S.A. and several other
nations.
Within the field the compendium
is referred to simply as the
USP. Indeed the initials USP
are affixed to materials' names to
indicate that they conform to the
specifications in the USP, and may
be used medicinally.
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