medication, not brand name medications.
For continuing patients it may be necessary to adjust dosages and add or drop medication from course of treatment.
A patient could be under several courses of treatment at once , if they are suffering from several unrelated complaints.
If symptoms disappears permanently or for substantial period, this is recorded. also the patients may indicate a specific date when the symptom started.
patients medical histories are retained permanently by the system , as are their appointments however, only their most recent name and address is kept