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Drugs...generic or not? - oldANDtiredMT

Posted: Dec 20, 2010

Ive asked QA this five times to no avail. Truth is, I'm still not sure why SpellCheck doesn't cover this. How do we know when I drug has switched over and is now generic and no longer requires capitalization?? I used to depend on Google (at the bottom of the page whether it is capped or not) but QA has bit me a couple times on this and for the life of me, even after researching, cannot find a 100% reliable answer to this question. As always, thanks in advance!

Difference between generic name and brand name - sm

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Lasix is always going to be capitalized. If it's a generic drug, it's not Lasix, it's furosemide.

So a brand name is always going to be capitalized. If the doctor says he is going to give the patient generic Lasix, the Lasix will still be capitalized.

Drug Caps - MT

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I don't think it works the way you (the OP) is stating. It doesn't "turn" generic, it just gets a generic once the research and all that gets paid for. Sometimes the brand name just disappears (as in Elavil--amitriptyline), but if Elavil is dictated, you would still capitalize it.

Once a brand name, always a brand name. Generic - sm

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is just that the brand name patent has run out and now other companies can make the same drug. The brand name does not change.

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