Archive for August, 2009
Q&A: what is the problem with producing generic HIV drugs?
Question by yeeaahhbuddy: what is the problem with producing generic HIV drugs?
arent generic HIV drugs supposed to suppress the effect of the virus? i mean, in my opinion, thats a win-win situation. how come there are some people out there who are opposed to the production of this miracle drug?
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Answer by Lauren bdrug companies [...]
Mail this post Generic Drug For Lipitor
Lipitor (generic name Atrovastatin) is a drug used to lower the cholesterol level of blood in patients with heart disease. The drug was first synthesized in 1985 by Pfizer (the then Parke-Davis-Warner-Lambert Company). Lipitor has become the best-selling drug worldwide with its sales up to $12.9 billion. The drug belongs to the parent class statin, [...]
Mail this post Generic Drug Plan
First things First: What are Generic Drugs? We know they are so many so many questions popping into your mind as the term ‘generic’ brings so many fears about the quality and standards of the drug. First of all let us introduce the term generic drugs to you. Generic drugs are the non-proprietary drugs. These [...]
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Drug Nomenclature
When a drug is manufactured it is assigned three different names – Chemical name, Generic name, and Trade name. To have detailed understanding of the drug nomenclature, let’s have a look on these names individually.
Chemical Name Every drug is a result of a certain chemical formulation. Drugs are compounds of different salts. Based on [...]
Mail this post What Is Meant By A Generic Drug
Generic drugs, also known as non-proprietary drugs, are those medications which are not patented. Off-patented drugs are the ones which were not patented ever or which have expired patents. To understand what does a generic drug really mean, let’s take the example of Paracetamol. Paracetamol was first produced by Sterling Winthrop Co. in 1953 and [...]
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Drugs and medications are the major tools in Medicine. Medicine is the science of healing from a physical ailment or disease. To study drugs and medication, medical professionals have developed a nomenclature for drugs to identify them. The nomenclature has now been practiced world over for drug recognition. How do we classify drugs? Here’s the [...]
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Generic Drugs When the patent of a branded drug expires, it falls in the category of Generic drug. Generic Drugs are also known as non-proprietary drugs and do not hold any patent or copy rights. any drug without a patent and copy rights can be manufactured and marketed by any pharmaceutical company. Patented drugs, however, [...]
Mail this post Q&A: Where can I get a list of generic drugs and their branded counterparts?
Question by asTroboy69: Where can I get a list of generic drugs and their branded counterparts?
I’m searching for a list of medical drugs in a generic name=branded name drugs.. for example:
Dextromethorphan=generic name
XXXXXXXXXXX= The branded name..
just correct me if im wrong.. im not a medical student.. my mother’s just curious about it because we’re spending too [...]
Mail this post Q&A: Why did Barack Obama and Max Baucus cave into the pharmaceutical lobby?
Question by The Fed Up Matthew™: Why did Barack Obama and Max Baucus cave into the pharmaceutical lobby?
THE INFLUENCE GAME: Drug lobby’s health care win
(AP) WASHINGTON – Chalk one up for the pharmaceutical lobby. The U.S. drug industry fended off price curbs and other hefty restrictions in President Barack Obama’s health care law even as [...]
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