Zusammenfassung der Ressource
DRUG
NOMENCLATURE
- TRADE NAMES
- Benefits
- Avoid citation of difficult chemical names
- Easy to REMEMBER
- COMPREHENSIBLE to non-chemists/ public
- Registered in national trademark/ patent offices
- used for marketing/ business
- selected by the owner of the product
- Do not have to undergo COMPLEX name selection guideline
- Drawbacks
- COSTLY
- promote MISCONCEPTION of drugs taken by patient
- DIFFERENT NAMES in dIfferent country
- more likely not to be covered by insurance plans
- known as BRAND names/ PROPNETARY names
- PRIVATE PROPERTY
- can be used only with the CONSENT of owner
- INN( INTERNATIONAL
NONPROPRIETARY NAMES)
- Drawbacks
- COMPLEX selection process
- possible LANGUAGE problems
- only the active ingredient is known
- Benefits
- IDENTIFY active pharmaceutical drug substance > final products
- recognized globally
- selection follow established rules
- used in
- Pharmacopoeias
- Labelling
- Product information
- Advertising & promotional
- Drug regulation
- Its effect and interaction are well known
- unique
- LESS EXPENSIVE
- have STEMS to show relationship to other substance of similar pharmacological action
- used as PUBLIC PROPERTY w/o restraint
- known as GENERIC names/ COMMON names