title: Prescribing generic drugs using a generic name: Are we teaching it right?
abstract: The Indian Medical Council (Professional conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regulations, 2002, state that "Every physician should, as far as possible, prescribe drugs with generic names and he/she shall ensure that there is a rational prescription and use of drugs.". Undergraduate medical students are introduced to drug nomenclature early on during their pharmacology course. They are told that generic name or, more appropriately, non-proprietary name (usually international non-proprietary name INN), is to be used while writing prescriptions.
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor; Department of Pharmacology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, Mangalore, Karnataka, 575 001, India,. ashwin.kamath@manipal.edu.
authors.forename: Ashwin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kamath
mesh_terms: D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D016568:Drugs, Generic; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D016568:Drugs, Generic