What does REMS medical abbreviation mean?

What is REMS in medical terms?

The abbreviation REMS may have a few different meanings. However, what does REMS mean in medical terms?

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What is the meaning of REMS medical abbreviation?

In the medical field, the medical abbreviation REMS stands for risk evaluation and mitigation strategy.

REMS: risk evaluation and mitigation strategy

AA	Alcoholics Anonymous; African American
CDC	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
COX 2	Cyclooxygenase 2
CVAT	costovertebral angle tenderness
CWR	canal wall reconstruction
DFA	Direct Fluorescent Antibody
DISIDA	diisopropyl iminodiacetic acid (cholescintigraphy)
DPL	Diagnostic Peritoneal Lavage
EH	employee health
FEF	forced expiratory flow (rate)
FFL	flexible fiberoptic laryngoscopy
HBD	hydroxybutyric dehydrogenase
HI	Homicidal Ideation
IAW	in accordance with
Ig	immunoglobulin
IgE	immunoglobulin E
LBBB	Left Bundle Branch Block
LUT	left upper thigh
Lys	lysine
MDT	multidisciplinary team
MHT	menopause hormone therapy; mental health therapist
MI	Myocardial Infarction
MPS	mucopolysaccharidosis; Medical Protection Society
MSL	midsternal line
N&V	nausea and vomiting
OB/GYN	obstetrics/gynecology
OFTT	organic failure to thrive
P&A	percussion and auscultation
P-Thal	Persantine Thallium
PB	pudendal block or peripheral blood
PERRL	Pupils Equal, Round, Reactive to Light
PHP	partial hospitalization program; primary health care provider
POAG	primary open-angle glaucoma
PUVA	psoralen ultraviolet a
RHF	right heart failure
SH	serum hepatitis; social history
SIVP	slow intravenous push
SMBG	self-monitoring of blood glucose
SMZ	sulfamethoxazole
T4	thyroxine
TDWB	touch down weight bearing
TKR	Total Knee Replacement
TLE	temporal lobe epilepsy
TOF	Tetralogy of Fallot
Trp	tryptophan
UDS	Urodynamic Study
VEB	ventricular ectopic beat
Z-DNA	left-handed DNA
grad	by degrees; gradual
neb	nebulizer
skel	skeletal