For and against generic prescribing
- 30 November 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
- Vol. 25 (24) , 93-95
- https://doi.org/10.1136/dtb.25.24.93
Abstract
For over 25 years the DHSS and its advisers have advocated the use of generic (approved or non-proprietary) drug names by prescribers1 and successive governments have endorsed this policy but, in the year ending February 1987, only 36% of GP scripts in England and Wales were written generically. This represents a doubling of the 1985 figures, an increase at least partly attributable to the introduction of the selected list. In this article we examine the advantages and disadvantages of generic prescribing; generic substitution is not discussed.Keywords
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