The secret behind weird medicine names.
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Believe it or not, medication names are intended to be easy to remember and descriptive of the function they serve in the body.
Generic drug names are often long, but they can tell doctors what type of medicine it is and how it works. But it’s brand names that appear first and most prominently in Health Canada materials.
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Assistant Professor of Pharmacotherapeutics, University of South Florida
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Associate professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto; York University, Canada; University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
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Senior Lecturer, Pharmacy, Aston University