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title: How to add Medications to the Prescription Master list?
description: The Prescriptions setup in Helix allows administrators to create and maintain a master list of medications. These medications are later selected by doctors while creating patient prescriptions in the medical chart.
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December 24, 2025
# How to add Medications to the Prescription Master list?
## The Prescriptions setup in Helix allows administrators to create and maintain a master list of medications. These medications are later selected by doctors while creating patient prescriptions in the medical chart.
### π Overview
This article explains how to:
- Add medications to the prescription master list
- Manage existing medication entries
- Make medications available for use in prescriptions
### π**Navigation**
Control Panel β MR Settings β Prescriptions
Only users with appropriate administrative access can manage the prescription master list.
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### β How to Add a Medication
#### **Step 1: Open Prescriptions Setup**
1. Go to **Control Panel β MR Settings β Prescriptions**
#### **Step 2: Add a New Medication**
1. Click **+ Add**
2. Fill in the required medication details, such as:
- **Code**
- **Trade Name**
- **Scientific Name**
- **Strength**
- **Unit**
- **Route of Administration**
- **Package**
- **Price**
3. Click **Submit**
Repeat the same steps to add additional medications to the master list.
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### π Find & Manage Medications
Once medications are added, you can manage them easily from the list view.
#### **Available Actions**
- **Search-as-you-type**
Use the search bar (top right) to quickly find a medication
- **Pagination**
Use the pagination controls (bottom right) to browse through the list
- **Edit**
Select a medication to update its details
- **Delete**
Remove medications that are no longer required
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### π©Ί Using Medications in Prescriptions
After adding or updating medications:
1. **Log out and log back in** to Helix
2. The updated medication list will now be available for doctors to select while creating prescriptions in the patientβs medical chart
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### π‘ Tips & Best Practices
- Maintain a **clean and standardized naming convention** for Trade and Scientific names
- Avoid creating duplicate medications with slight variations
- Review the list periodically and remove obsolete entries to keep prescribing fast and accurate
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