Sound-alike and Look-alike Drugs An Overdue Opportunity to Reduce Medical Errors
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Look-alike, sound-alike drugs in India
The Indian pharmaceutical market is swamped with many branded and generic drugs which look-alike and sound-alike. These are a nightmare for healthcare professionals who deal with them. These drugs overlap in strength, dosage, indications, and storage conditions and packaging as well. The risks due to look-alike, sound-alike drug names result when a pharmacist or healthcare professional accident...
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عنوان ژورنال: Academic Emergency Medicine
سال: 2000
ISSN: 1069-6563,1553-2712
DOI: 10.1111/j.1553-2712.2000.tb00486.x