What Neo stands for
Neo is a medical abbreviation for neo-synephrine (phenylephrine) - written out in full as “Neo-Synephrine, discontinued brand of phenylephrine”. TermDecode files it under medication abbreviations.
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Risk
ISMP lists Neo as error-prone: Neo-Synephrine may be mistaken as neostigmine.
Safer Alternative
Write "phenylephrine" or the complete drug name
Seen in context
Neo mistaken as neostigmine
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