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On June 30, an FDA advisory committee recommended restrictions on over-the-counter acetaminophen products, and a reduction in dose. Acetaminophen is the generic drug in Tylenol, doubtless one of the most familiar names in the modern pharmacopeia. The advisory committee recommended that the maximum adult dose of acetaminophen be reduced from 1,000 mg to 650 mg at one time, and that the total daily maximum be reduced from 4 grams to 2.6 grams, four daily doses. The committee also recommended, albeit based on a closely divided vote, that combination pain-killers containing acetaminophen be eliminated altogether. This category includes such commonly prescribed products as Percocet and Darvocet; in both cases, the 'cet' at the end refers to a'cet'aminophen.
The FDA is not obligated to follow...
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Question: In the world of commercial drugs, what's in a name? More than you might think.
Answer: At least three names go with a consumer drug -- its chemical compound, its generic label and its trade or proprietary name, says Susan Ipaktchian in "The Name Game" in Stanford Medicine magazine.
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...Propofol is also marketed as a generic drug under three trade names. Two veterinary versi...
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TEANECK Eisai Co., the Japanese parent of Teaneck-based Eisai Inc., said Friday that it has filed a lawsuit seeking to protect its patent for the orally disintegrating version of its Alzheimer's medication Aricept.
The suit, filed in federal court in Newark, names as the defendant Philadelphia-based, privately held generic drug maker United Research Laboratories Inc./Mutual Pharmaceutical Co., which has challenged the patent.
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... in turn has resulted in the prevalence of generic drugs. Managers of Chinese firms have been focusin... usually takes place according to generic names rather than branded names and comparison is made o...
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...Drug name & Synonyms Lists commercial, generic and code names for drugs. Developmental stage This...
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...Drug name & Synonyms Lists commercial, generic and code names for drugs. Developmental stage This...
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West Virginia leads the nation in overdose deaths and the deadly drugs are probably in your medicine cabinet
For the first time in modern American history, drug overdoses and other types of poisonings now kill more people than guns.
...ISMP asked the group that approves generic drug names, the United States Adopted Names Counci...
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...Drug name & Synonyms Lists commercial, generic and code names for drugs. Developmental stage This...
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... preventing the listing of "private label" generic drug products on the Ontario Drug Benefit Formular... Pharmacies), market under their own trade names. . The Divisional Court had previously declared th...