A physician or other qualified practitioner who provides primary care services and manages routine health care needs.

The doctor who serves as your CaliforniaCare (HMO) health care manager and coordinates virtually all of the health care services you receive. Your PCP provides you with routine medical care and refers you to a specialist if necessary.

generally applies to internists, pediatricians, family physicians and general practitioners and occasionally obstetrician/gynecologists. This physician in a managed care plan who is responsible for coordinating all care for an individual patient, from providing direct services to referring the patients to specialists and hospital care. Physician’s Assistant(PA) — a licensed allied health professional who works under the supervision of a doctor and is trained to perform certain medial procedures previously reserved for physicians.

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The rimary are hysician chosen for immediate care. He/she coordinates care and refers to a specialist, when necessary, for the highest payment of benefits.

include physicians with specialties in internal medicine, family practice, pediatrics, and sometimes OB/GYN. Contact your plan for details.. For HMO members, you must select a PCP to provide and coordinate your health care.

See Primary care doctor.

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Primary Care Physician A term often used by HMOs describing the main doctor supervising an individual's care - often acting as a "gatekeeper" to other medical specialists and service providers

Sometimes referred to as a "gatekeeper," the primary-care physician is usually the first doctor a patient sees for an illness. This physician treats the patient directly, refers the patient to a specialist (secondary care), or admits the patient to a hospital. The primary-care physician can be a family physician, internist, pediatrician and occasionally obstetrician/gynecologist.

Primary care physician. ( Related information) Physicians with the following specialties: group practice, family practice, internal medicine, obstetrics/gynecology, and pediatrics. The PCP is usually responsible for monitoring an individual's overall medical care and referring the individual to more specialized physicians for additional care.

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. means a duly licensed Doctor of Medicine or Osteopathy, formally selected by the Member to assume primary responsibility for his/her care.

Primary care physician. An HMO doctor chosen by you (and each family member) to coordinate your health care. If you participate in an HMO, you must always see your PCP first. Your PCP will provide treatment or refer you to an HMO specialist.

Primary Care Physician. A doctor trained to give basic health care. A PCP is the first doctor seen for a specific health problem. The PCP then coordinates with other health-care professionals for future care and/or preventative health care. Oftentimes, Medicare managed care plans require a participant to see their PCP before seeing any other health-care provider.

Primary Care Physician. A health care licensed physician who is trained to provide you care. Your PCP is responsible for coordinating your care while a member of AdvantageCare.

A Primary Care Physician (PCP) is a physician -- usually specializing in either family practice or pediatrics -- selected from a list of participating providers for the purpose of coordinating health care and providing routine general health care services for you and your dependents. When you need specialized care, your PCP can recommend a network provider -- a specialist or facility -- to deliver the care you need, or you can choose to see an out-of-network provider if you have a POS plan.

Primary Care Provider. A doctor responsible for administering a health insurance consumer's health care needs. PCP is usually the medical care gatekeeper, sending the patient too more specialized physicians for specialist care.

Primary Care Physician. Your regular doctor. This term is also used by insurance companies. Often, you must choose a Primary Care Physician (a family practice physician, for example) from a list of doctors who are under contract with an insurance company. Referrals to other doctors (specialists, etc.) will come from that particular physician.

Primary Care Physician. Primary deliverers and managers of health care, central to controlling costs and utilization. The PCP provides basic care to the enrollee, initiates referrals to specialists, and provides follow-up care. Refers exclusively to other contracted providers and admits patients only to contracted hospitals. Usually defined as a physician practicing in such areas as internal medicine, family practice, and pediatrics.

"Primary Care Provider" is the physician (or in some cases a member may choose a nurse practitioner) who acts as your chief health care advocate, working to ensure that you receive the appropriate care, at the appropriate time, from the appropriate health care professionals. Your PCP works with you to coordinate all your health care needs.

Primary Care Physician. A doctor selected by the enrollee to be the first physician contacted for any medical problem. The doctor acts as the patient's regular physician and coordinates any other care the patient needs, such as a visit to a specialist or hospitalization.

Primary Care Provider. a doctor or nurse practitioner that takes care of your health care needs and serves as your "medical home." A PCP can manage all of your health care needs and arrange for care from other doctors, when needed.

Primary Care Physician. The patient's primary or family physician

Primary Care Physician. Under a health maintenance organization (HMO) or point-of-service (POS) plan, usually your first contact for health care. This is often a family physician, internist, or pediatrician. A primary care physician monitors your health, treats most health problems, and refers you to specialists if necessary.

An Internal Medicine/General Practitioner who is responsible to the patient and the health plan to provide health care within established medical criteria and the health plan's provider network.

Primary Care Physician. You select a doctor to manage and coordinate virtually all of the health care services you receive. Your Primary Care Physician provides you with routine medical care and represents your case to the insurer to get authorization for treatments that require pre-certification. See also Gatekeeper. Please Note: In HMOs, you must get a referral from your PCP to see a network specialist. A main difference between an HMO and a PPO is that in a PPO you do not need to name a PCP, and you can self-refer to any specialist in the network.

See Primary Care Provider.

Primary Care Physician. A healthcare professional who is trained to give you basic care. Your PCP is responsible for providing or authorizing covered services while you are a member. You may utilize the Choice 1 option under Secure Health to see your PCP for referral to a specialist within your IPA. Each Secure Health PCP is associated with an IPA.

Primary Care Physician. A PCP is a physician who is designated as responsible for providing specific primary care services. This includes evaluation and treatment of a patient, including decisions regarding referral for specialty care.

Primary Care Physician. Your primary care physician (PCP) is a health care professional that you choose to coordinate all of your health services, visits, etc. Each plan has a network of physicians that you can select by looking on the web page of the plan that you choose, or in hard copy directories available in the Human Resources Department. Your PCP is considered your primary doctor and, as such, will be the first point of contact in understanding your health care needs and history. Your PCP will make arrangements for you to see specialists outside of his/her specialty if necessary. Typically, your PCP will refer you to a provider within the same hospital group in which they are affiliated. Note that you must choose a PCP if you are a member of either the POS or HMO plan.

Primary Care Physician. A participating provider who is a practitioner specializing in family practice, general practice, internal medicine, OB/GYN services, or pediatrics who supervises, coordinates and provides initial care and basic medical services to an insured.

Primary Care Provider is a health care professional (usually a physician) who is responsible for monitoring an individual's overall health care needs. Typically, a PCP serves as a "quarterback" for an individual's medical care, referring the individual to more specialized physicians for specialist care.

Primary Care Provider. A physician, usually a family or general practitioner, internist or pediatrician, who provides a broad range of routine medical services and refers members to specialists, hospitals and other providers as necessary. Under some health plans, a referral by the Primary Care Provider is required to obtain services from other providers. Each covered family member chooses his or her own PCP from the network's physicians.

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. A Participating Physician who is selected by the Member to be responsible for providing or authorizing the healthcare services covered under this Plan. The PCP may be a Family Practitioner, General Practitioner, Internist or Pediatrician who meets the Plan's criteria for primary care practitioners.

Primary Care Physician. refers to your main healthcare provider or refernece in an HMO setting to the provider that must refer you for specialist care in order to recieve benefits.

Primary Care Physician (or provider). Your "main doc". May also refer to Preferred Care Provider, if talking about US insurance coverage.

Primary Care Physician” or “Personal Care Provider” is a physician or other medical care provider who participates in a health care system.

A network physician - a family practitioner, general practitioner, internist or pediatrician (for children) - who is responsible for managing and coordinating your healthcare.

Primary Care Physician. A physician that is employed by or contracts with a managed health care system like an HMO that coordinates all of the member's medical care. A PCP is usually afamily practitioner . PCP's are also known as "gatekeepers" because they control a member's access to medical care within a health plan.

Primary care physician. some plans require a participant to name a primary care physician—usually a family doctor, internist or pediatrician—to coordinate all medical care. The PCP manages the participant's health care by serving as a main caregiver, and when necessary by referring the participant to another network provider for care. Some plans allow women to name one primary care physician for most care as well as an Ob/Gyn.

Primary Care Physician. The physician who is responsible for coordinating all care for an individual patient, from providing direct health care services to referring the patient to specialists and hospital care. Managed care plans such as HMOs rely on PCPs to coordinate subscribers' care.

Primary care physician; normally family doctor

Primary Care Physician or Primary Care Provider. This is the person who coordinates all your health care and refers you to specialists.

Primary Care Provider. A healthcare professional (usually a physician) who is responsible for monitoring an individual's overall healthcare needs.

primary care physician. A physician a member chooses to provide and coordinate all of their medical health care, including specialty and hospital care, for the Blues’ HMO or Point-of-Service (POS) plans. The primary care physician is licensed in the state of Michigan in one of the following medical fields: internal medicine, family practice, general practice, pediatrics, and internal medicine/pediatrics.

Primary Care Physician. a physician that is responsible for providing, prescribing, authorizing and coordinating all medical care and treatment. Note: PPOs typically allow you to go to any doctor in the network, and do not require that you consult with a PCP.

Primary Care Physician. An internist, family practitioner, general practitioner or pediatrician.

primary care physician. A general or family practitioner who serves as the insured's personal physician and first contact with a managed care system. The PCP will usually direct the course of your treatment and/or refer you to other doctors and/or specialists in the network.

A Primary Care Physician is generally the first medical doctor individuals see when seeking care. There are several different types of PCPs, including a pediatrician, a general internist, a family doctor, and an obstetrician/gynecologist.

Primary care physician. a family practitioner, general practitioner, internist or pediatrician who provides care and coordinates your medical treatment in the Point-of-Service plan. All network PCPs meet qualification standards and are subject to periodic review.

Primary Care Provider. The provider that serves as the initial interface between the member and the medical care system. The PCP is usually a physician, selected by the member upon enrollment, who is trained in one of the primary care specialties who treats and is responsible for coordinating the treatment of members assigned to his/her plan. (See Gatekeeper).

Primary Care Provider- In HMO plans, participants are required to choose a PCP who is in charge of coordinating their care. They must see a PCP to get a referral to a specialist.

Primary Care Provider. Traditionally, the health professional with whom you have a regular relationship, such as your "regular doctor." In managed care, primary care providers (who may be Nurse Practitioners instead of physicians) often act as "gatekeepers," deciding if you need certain tests or referrals to specialists.

Primary care provider. Network family practitioners, general practitioners, internists, dentists, or pediatricians under the HMO, EPO, and DHMO options. PCPs arrange referrals and supervise other care, such as specialist services and hospitalization. All PCPs meet HMO, EPO, or DHMO qualification standards and are subject to periodic review.

Primary care physician. A doctor specializing in internal medicine (internist), family practice or pediatrics who coordinates all health services of a managed care patient and refers that patient for specialty care. Some plans include obstetricians/gynecologists as primary care physicians.

Primary Care Physician. A physician, who usually specializes in family practice, general practice, internal medicine or pediatrics, who provides or coordinates an HMO member's non-emergency services covered under the member's contract. Each covered family member chooses his or her own PCP from the HMO's network of participating physicians and health care practitioners. Services rendered by a PCP may include: writing referrals for specialists, arranging for planned hospitalizations, arranging for outpatient services and surgery, arranging for approvals required from the HMO for certain covered health care services and coordinating urgent and emergency care when appropriate.

Primary Care Physician. A doctor who practices in the field of general medicine, family practice, or internal medicine. A PCP coordinates all aspects of a person’s health care and makes referrals to specialists and hospitals as needed.

The network physician chosen by a member on a point-of-service plan to coordinate all health-related services.

Primary Care Physician. Under most HMO/POS plans, you'll be asked to name a family practice doctor, pediatrician, obstetrician/gynecologist or an internal medicine physician as your primary care physician. A PCP is responsible for coordinating all of your care. Any specialist referrals you'll need must first be approved by your PCP in order to be considered a covered expense.

Primary Care Physician. The physician you are required to designate if you are in an HMO (and have the option of designating if you are in the Choice POS II Program). A PCP coordinates care, including referrals to specialists and other providers. Each covered family member can designate a different PCP.

Primary Care Physician. A physician, usually an internist, pediatrician or family physician, devoted to general medical care of patients. Most HMOs require members to choose a primary care physician, who is then expected to provide or obtain authorization for all care for that patient.

Primary Care Physician. A doctor of medicine (M.D.) or osteopathy (D.O.) specializing in Family Practice, General Practice, Internal Medicine, or Pediatrics. This doctor contracts with us to provide health services and to coordinate overall health care for Horizon HMO members who have selected them.

large subset of physicians who do not provide specialized care, including internists, pediatricians, and general practitioners

Primary Care Physician. See Personal Care Physician.

Primary Care Physician. A PCP is a family physician – family practitioner, general practitioner, internist or pediatrician - who is responsible for delivering or coordinating care.

A primary care provider (PCP) coordinates all of your care through an HMO or POS plan. In general, a PCP is an internist, family or general practitioner, nurse practitioner or pediatrician. Close Window

Primary Care Physician. a doctor who provides, arranges, authorizes, coordinates, and monitors the care of HMO members. Primary care physicians are usually internists, family practitioners, or pediatricians. Upon joining an HMO, a member chooses such a doctor from an extensive list of network physicians. Member may select a different primary care physician at any time.

See primary care physician.

primary care physician. In a managed health care plan, a physician, usually a general or family practitioner, who serves as the insured's personal physician and contact with the managed care plan.

Primary care physician. A primary care physician specializes in overall "family" healthcare. PCPs are typically family practitioners, general internists, pediatricians, and sometimes ob/gyns. Generally, a PCP supervises, coordinates, and provides medical care to members of a health plan. The PCP may also initiate all referrals for specialty care.

Primary Care Physician. refers to the physician or physician assistant who has been selected to coordinate most of your health care needs. A listing of PCPs from which you can choose is provided by your Managed Care Plan.

Primary Care Provider. This term is used interchangeably with primary care physician. The CMDP PCP is a physician who is responsible for the overall management of a member's health care. PCPs may include, but not limited to; a physician who is a family practitioner, general practitioner, internist, pediatrician, obstetrician, or gynecologist; a certified nurse midwife or nurse practitioner; or under the supervision of a physician, a physician's assistant.

Primary care physician. A health care professional, usually an internist, pediatrician or family physician, devoted to general medical care of patients. Most managed-care plans require members to choose a primary care physician or other primary care provider (such as a nurse practitioner) who then provides or coordinates all care for that patient.

Primary Care Physician. A health care practitioner selected from a list of network physicians who is responsible for coordinating and referring every aspect of the medical care received under certain types of health plans.

Primary Care Physician. a pediatrician, family or general practice physician or internist who oversees ALL your health care, from routine physical examinations to specialist and urgent/ emergent care. This allows your PCP to develop an understanding about you that is difficult for intermittent physicians to match. The close relationship you establish with him/her will enhance accurate diagnoses, preventive medicine and education. If you belong to an HMO, you must choose a primary care physician.

Primary Care Physician. The doctor you choose as your main health care provider. Under most HMOs, your PCP must give you permission to see a specialist.

PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN. The doctor who coordinates all the health care and medical needs of an insured, including basic care, preventive services, referrals to specialists and hospitalization arrangements. A Primary Care Physician can be a General Practitioner, Internist, Pediatrician or an Obstetrician/Gynecologist if he/she is contracted to serve as a PCP by the insurer. Typically required in an HMO (Health Maintenance Organization).

(Primary Care Physician): A physician who serves as a group member's personal physician and first contact in a managed care system. PCPs include family/general practitioners, internists, pediatricians and OB/GYNs.

Primary Care Provider. A healthcare professional who acts as a member's personal healthcare manager. The PCP evaluates a patient's medical condition and either treats the condition or coordinates required healthcare services.

Primary Care Provider. Your primary care provider, or PCP, is your main health care provider. Your PCP works with you to coordinate all aspects of your care. As a member of our plan, you need to choose a PCP. If you do not choose a PCP, we'll choose one for you.

Primary Care Physician. Usually your first contact for health care. This is often a family physician or internist, but some women use their gynecologist. A primary care physician monitors your health and diagnoses and treats minor health problems, and refers you to specialists if another level of care is needed.

Primary care physician. A physician who devotes the majority of his/her practice to family or general medicine.

Primary Care Physician. The physician responsible for coordinating the HMO plan member's health care. PCPs are typically Family/General Practitioners, Internists, Pediatricians or OB/GYNs. Your PCP will provide your care or refer you to other specialists when appropriate.

Primary Care Physician. A physician selected by the member, who is part of the plan network, who provides routine care and coordinates other specialized care. The PCP should be selected from the network that corresponds to the plan in which you are a member. The physician you choose as your PCP may be a family or general practitioner, internist or pediatrician.

Primary Care Provider. An old fashioned family doctor called by a new name. A general physician, pediatrician, and gynecologist can qualify depending on your healthcare plan. You must specify a PCP if you select an HMO or POS plan.

The primary care coordinator (PCC), primary care provider (PCP), or primary care manager (PCM) is the physician or provider who serves as the initial contact between the member and the medical care system and is responsible for coordinating the treatment of members assigned to his or her panel.

Primary Care Physician. Some plans require a primary care physician to coordinate a memberâ€(tm)s healthcare. These participating providers are family practice, internal medicine and pediatric physicians. Registered Optima Health plan members who are required to choose a PCP may do so online at My Optima.

Primary Care Physician. A "generalist" such as a family practitioner, pediatrician, internist, or obstetrician. In a managed care organization, a primary care physician is accountable for the total health services of enrollees including referrals, procedures and hospitalization.

Primary Care Physician. a physician, usually a pediatrician, family practitioner or internist who oversees the total care of patients, referring the patient to other professionals as appropriate.

Primary Care Physician. A physician chosen by the insured to be responsible for providing, prescribing, authorizing and coordinating all medical care and treatment. This includes referrals to specialists. PCPs include physicians practicing family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics and often, OBGYNs.

Primary Care Provider. A physician or other type of provider who has agreed to provide a medical home to members by providing primary and preventive patient care, maintaining the continuity of patient care, and initiating referrals for care. See also Medical Home.

Primary Care Physician. An internist, pediatrician, family physician, general practitioner, or in some instances an obstetrician/gynecologist. If you are enrolled in an HMO, you usually must choose a PCP from a list of participating providers. The PCP coordinates your care and makes referrals to specialists as needed.

Primary Care Physician. A doctor whose practice is devoted to internal medicine, family/general practice, or pediatrics. Some insurance companies consider Obstetrician/gynecologists primary care physicians.

primary care physician. A physician who serves as a group member's first contact with a plan's health care system.

A Primary Care Physician is a physician, usually specializing in internal medicine, family/general practice or pediatrics, and is responsible for overseeing the consumer's medical needs in a managed care system.

Primary Care Physician. The physician responsible in an HMO for directing all patient care including referrals to specialists and obtaining necessary pre-certifications. This physician is usually a General Practice, Family Practice, Pediatric or Internal Medicine specialist. In some plays, women may choose an OB/GYN as their primary care physician.

Primary Care Physician. The network physician designated by an employee (and each of his or her dependents) to serve as that employee's entry into the health care system. The PCP often is reimbursed through a different mechanism than are other network providers. This physician sometimes is referred to as the "gatekeeper."

Primary Care Physician. Doctors who provide general health care services and treatment. PCPs usually include family practitioners, general practitioners, pediatricians and internists.

Primary Care Physician. a physician who serves as a group member's primary contact within the health plan. In a managed care plan, the Primary Care Physician provides basic medical services, coordinates, and, if required by the plan, authorizes referrals to specialists and hospitals.

Term used by insurance companies to describe the provider that will manage a patient's health. In most cases this is a family practitioner, internist, general practitioner or pediatrician. The PCP is responsible for obtaining referrals to specialists as needed.

Primary Care Physician. A family practice physician, a pediatrician or a general internal medicine physician. The primary care physician provides, coordinates and/or is actually aware of all aspects of the member's health care and history.

Primary Care Provider--The individual's primary medical health care provider.

(PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN) Primary care provider: HMOs and other health insurance carriers often require each enrollee to choose a PCP.

A Primary Care Provider such as a family practitioner, general internist, pediatrician, and sometimes ob/gyn. Generally, a PCP supervises, coordinates, and provides medical care to members of a plan. The PCP may initiate all referrals for specialty care. Within behavioral health, case managers are often the PCP or it may be a role of the outpatient therapist.

Primary Care Physician. Healthcare provided by general practitioners, family practice, internal medicine, obstetricians and pediatricians usually in a clinic setting.

Primary Care Physician. The doctor you choose to give you most of your health care.

Primary Care Physician. Under many plans, you'll be asked to designate a family practice doctor, pediatrician or an internal medicine physician as your primary care physician (PCP). The PCP is responsible for coordinating all of your care. Any referrals to a specialist must first be approved by your PCP in order to be considered a covered expense. Note: some plans also allow you to choose an OBGYN as your PCP.

Primary Care Physician. The doctor who is consulted first when a health problem occurs and on whom the patient relies for advice, referrals, and ongoing care.

Primary Care Provider. A health care professional who is responsible for monitoring an individual's overall health care needs. Typically, a PCP serves as a "gatekeeper" for an individual's medical care, referring the individual to specialists and admitting them to hospitals when needed.

Primary Care Physician (Coordinates overall care)

Primary Care Providers. Generally, most plans allow family physicians, pediatricians or general internists to serve as primary care providers. Sometimes, obstetricians or gynecologists (OB-GYNs), nurse practitioners (NPs), Certified Nurse Midwives (CNMs) or physician assistants (PAs) can be PCPs. Primary care is distinguished from specialty care, which is often concerned with a particular health condition. Examples of specialists include oncologists, who deals with cancer, or cardiologists, who specialize in hearts.

The physician chosen by the insured to provide medical services. If the insured needs to see a specialist or another physician, the PCP must make a referral.

Primary Care Physician. The network physician chosen by the HMO member to provide medical services. The PCP must provide a referral in order to see a network specialist and for network hospitals.

Primary Care Physician. PCPs generally include internists, family practitioners, general medicine practitioners and pediatricians. In addition to providing care, PCPs may arrange, authorize, coordinate and monitor the care of HMO patients. HMO participants may choose a PCP from among the many PCPs in the HMO network.

Primary Care Physician. A physician in general practice or who specializes in pediatrics, family practice or internal medicine that has been selected by the covered individual from the list of primary care physician's in the Plan directory. CIGNA’s HMO plan requires a member to choose a PCP and to always see the PCP for a referral to a specialist.

General practitioner or physician who is responsible for your overall basic health care, arranges for specialized services, and provides referrals.

primary care physician. a physician, the majority of whose practice is devoted to internal medicine, family/general practice and pediatrics. An obstetrician/gynecologist sometimes is considered a primary care physician, depending on coverage

A type of lung infection found in immunosuppressed individuals. It is the most common opportunistic infection in AIDS.

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, a form of pneumonia, which is an IDS defining illness.

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. A life-threatening lung infection that affects people with a weakened immune system. More than 75 percent of HIV-positive people may develop PCP if they don't receive treatment.

See Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia.

A pneumonia caused by an infection with Pneumocystis carinii. P. carinii grows rapidly in the lungs of people with AIDS and is the leading AIDS-related cause of death. P. carinii infection sometimes may occur elsewhere in the body (skin, eye, spleen, liver or heart). There are inexpensive drugs that can prevent and treat PCP.

A type of pneumonia most often seen in patients whose immune systems are suppressed (as by immunosuppressive medications).

Pneumocystic carinii pneumonia.

abbreviation, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. a fungal inflamation of the lungs. PCP was once the leading cause of death of people with HIV Disease. Today it is still dangerous but is often treatable and preventable.

pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. a life-threatening type of pneumonia believed to be caused by a protozoan. PCP is a common infection that can cause severe illness in immunocompromised people (especially those with CD4 counts less than 200 cells/mm3); it remains a leading cause of death in people with AIDS. Symptoms include dry cough, fever, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Pneumocystis carinii can also infect other parts of the body. First-line treatment and primary prophylaxis is TMP-SMX (Bactrim, Septra); other treatments and prophylaxes include dapsone, pentamidine and atovaquone.

Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia. An infection in the lungs very common in persons living with HIV.

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. A parasitic infection of the lungs that is particularly common and life-threatening in immunosuppressed persons. Prophylaxis is available to prevent PCP.

An infection of the lungs caused by Pneumocystis carinii, which is thought to be a protozoa but may be more closely related to a fungus. P. carinii grows rapidly in the lungs of persons with AIDS and is a frequent AIDS- related cause of death. P. carinii infection sometimes may occur elsewhere in the body (skin, eye, spleen, liver, or heart). The standard treatment for persons with PCP is either a combination of trimethoprim and sulfamethoxazole (TMP/SMX, also called Bactrim or Septra), dapsone, or pentamidine.

Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. A lung infection that causes the greatest number of deaths in people who are HIV positive. It is both treatable and preventable.

See Pneumocystis jiroveciPneumonia (PCP) .

( pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) - Infection of the lungs caused by a microorganism, Pneumocystis carinii; the major presentation of AIDS in the Western world.

A Phencyclidine Drug

a drug used as an anesthetic by veterinarians; illicitly taken (originally in the form of powder or `dust') for its effects as a hallucinogen

Also known as angel dust, a powerful and toxic synthetic chemical developed in home laboratories.

PCP refers to phencyclidine. This drug has both hallucinogenic and dissociative properties. The dissociative effects of PCP leaves users feeling removed from their body and their environment. This effect produces a trance-like state. PCP also has strong anaesthetic effects which produces amnesia (memory loss) and analgesia (pain-relief). Street names for PCP include 'crystal' and 'angel dust'.

Phencyclidine-- an analgesic-anesthetic compound with powerful hallucinogenic effects.

1-(1-phenylcyclohexyl)piperidine, phencyclidine; a widely available illegal dissociative.

Phencyclidine, a clandestinely manufactured hallucinogen.

phencyclidine, an animal tranquilizer that is also widely used as an illicit hallucinogen; PCP-like behavioral side effects have been seen in some NMDA receptor antagonists

Phencyclidine, or PCP, is a white crystalline power with a distinctively bitter chemical taste. PCP turns up on the illicit drug market in a variety of tablets, capsules and colored powders. It is snorted, smoked or eaten. When smoked, PCP is often applied to a leafy herb such as mint or parsley, or to tobacco or marijuana. It is called "crystal supergrass" and "killer joints" when mixed with marijuana. PCP was developed as an intravenous anesthetic. Medical use of PCP in humans was discontinued because patients often became agitated, delusional and irrational while recovering from its anesthetic effects. PCP is often sold on the street as "angel dust," "ozone," "wack" and "rocket fuel."

PCP is also known as Angel Dust. It is a synthetic substance that is chemically related to ketamine, which is widely used in anesthesia. Symptoms may include blurred vision, diminished sensation, muteness, confusion, anxious amnesia, distortion of body image, thought disorder, and variable motor depression or stimulation, which may include aggressive or bizarre behavior.

PCP has an array of effects. Originally developed as an anesthetic, it may act as an hallucinogen, stimulant, or sedative.

The full name of this drug is phencyclidine. This drug was first developed to be used as a human anesthetic, used only today as a veterinary tranquilizer. Can be produced easily with common industrial chemicals.

Phencyclidine, the most dangerous human-made hallucinogen.

See phencyclidine hydrochloride.

a drug used for its hallucinogenic effects, known on the street as angel dust and rocket fuel

personal contract purchase. This is a personal finance scheme that defers part of the payment for the car until the end of the loan, when the car is usually traded in. A deposit is usually required up front, plus a final 'balloon' payment, if you wish to own the car at the end of the finance agreement. There are also often additional fees, such as an 'option-to-purchase fee', which should be paid before the car is yours.

Personal Contract Purchase (finance plan)