TY - JOUR
T1 - Prescribing generic drugs using a generic name
T2 - Are we teaching it right?
AU - Kamath, Ashwin
PY - 2016/7/1
Y1 - 2016/7/1
N2 - The Indian Medical Council (Professional conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, state that "Every physician should, as far as possible, prescribe drugs with generic names and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational prescription and use of drugs.". Undergraduate medical students are introduced to drug nomenclature early on during their pharmacology course. They are told that generic name or, more appropriately, non-proprietary name (usually international non-proprietary name INN), is to be used while writing prescriptions.
AB - The Indian Medical Council (Professional conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, state that "Every physician should, as far as possible, prescribe drugs with generic names and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational prescription and use of drugs.". Undergraduate medical students are introduced to drug nomenclature early on during their pharmacology course. They are told that generic name or, more appropriately, non-proprietary name (usually international non-proprietary name INN), is to be used while writing prescriptions.
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C2 - 27474700
AN - SCOPUS:85021855742
SN - 0974-8466
VL - 1
JO - Indian journal of medical ethics
JF - Indian journal of medical ethics
IS - 3
ER -