2. Association des medecinsspecial-istes en sante communautaire du Quebec: Entreposage
securitaire des ames a feu [memoire presente au bureau du coroner], Gouvernement du …

I n August 1992 the General Council of the CMA passed a resolution outlining a concern
with the growing number of drug names that look or sound alike. The resolution asked the …

I n the Aug. 1 issue David Woods (133: 173) writes that," nowhere [are comprehen-sive
updates on individual drugs] to be found in succinct, readable and regular fashion". I beg to …

The use of multiple names for the same medicinal agent is confusing to physicians,
pharmacists, nurses, and students. Products that appear to be entirely different may possess …

L'auteur resume le probleme pose par la possibilite de consequences graves par suite
d'erreurs de medication attribuables a la prescription de medicaments dont les noms se …

Moreover, there are groups of pharmacists in community and hospital practice who do
monitor and report problems to the Drugs Directorate of the Department of National Health …

This list of 645 pairs of look-alike and sound-alike drug names (1,290 names are shown;
they are listed both ways), has been complied to graphically emphasize the importance for …

* If industry wants to settle look-alike, sound-alike drug name problems with the FDA earlier
in the approval process than is now possible, companies may have to yield some of the …

Physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other paramedical personnel involved with drugs are
becoming increasingly concerned about the similarityof many look-alike and sound-alike …

Tom Spears' article" Public mistrust about chemical pollution draws physicians into debate
about environ-mental health"(Can Med Assoc J 1994; 151: 1048-1050) accurately describes …