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A drug by any other name
CMAJ 2001;164(4):464 [PDF]


See response from: J. Hoey
In CMAJ, drugs are described by their generic name only. However, many physicians, myself included, often know drugs by the most common proprietary name. It would be helpful if the proprietary name was always included after the first mention of the drug in question.

Allen Gold
Endocrinologist
Montreal, Que.

 

 

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