Drug Names
Submitted by kayedean1 on September 11, 2011
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Drug Names
Drug names
For every pharmaceutical drug four names are assigned. The first name a pharmaceutical drug gains is its chemical name. The chemical name of a drug describes what the drug is made of; the chemicals that were mixed to create the drug. The chemical name is usually very long and difficult to pronounce; For example, Acetylsalicylic acid is the chemical name for Aspirin. The manufacturer gives the drug a generic name; this name will be the basic name of the basic drug. The generic version of a drug is generally cheaper, and contains more of the drug per bottle. Once the drug is introduced to the public it receives its official name. Aspirin is the drug’s generic and...
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