title: Using trade names: a risk factor for accidental drug overdose.
abstract: Medication errors due to the exclusive use of trade names of drugs may lead to life-threatening complications. We report the case of a patient with verapamil overdose as a result of this. This case illustrates that the use of trade names, omitting the international nonproprietary names of the active moiety, carries the risk of serious adverse drug events by overdose.
authors: Dr Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Auerbachstrasse 112, D-70376 Stuttgart, Germany. matthias.schwab@ikp-stuttgart.de
authors: Matthias
authors: M
authors: Schwab
authors: Carsten
authors: C
authors: Oetzel
authors: Klaus
authors: K
authors: Mörike
authors: Christine
authors: C
authors: Jägle
authors: Christoph H
authors: CH
authors: Gleiter
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Eichelbaum
mesh_terms: D016907:Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016568:Drugs, Generic; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy; D008508:Medication Errors; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D014700:Verapamil / Q000506:poisoning* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D016568:Drugs, Generic; D014700:Verapamil