title: Commonly used chiral drugs: a survey.
abstract: Initial results of a comparative survey of commonly used chiral drugs are presented. The survey considered the differences between drugs used in 1982 with those in use in 1991. Two major conclusions were reached: the use of single isomer chiral drugs had increased from 31.1% in 1982 to 34.3% in 1991 and the proportion of synthetic single isomer chiral drugs available in 1991 was considerably greater than in 1982.
authors.affiliation: School of Pharmacy, Queen's University of Belfast, Medical Biology Centre, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Millership
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fitzpatrick
mesh_terms: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations / Q000737:chemistry*; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D004364:Pharmaceutical Preparations