Does any one know a good web site for figuring out US medications?
I was reading a thread on the CCU page, and keep finding that I have to try googling the drugs, to find their 'official' names. Just so I can understand the disscussion
I know that in the UK, that there have been problems making the switch from British standard names, to European, but throwing in American brand names seem to make it more difficult.
I had no idea Glucophage was actually metformin! and some others I need to google later.
So... I just wondered if there was a sticky thread anywhere with a list of US names and UK names, or any one had any web sites.
If there isn't a sticky thread, could we arrange one? I'm sure it would be a great resource, and if we all put our heads together it wouldn't take long to make a helpful list (obviously not the size of the BNF) but large enough to help people naviagate the discussion on these boards?
Thank you for that, everyone! I have a forum for people who are going to have or have had hip and knee replacements and we have a lot of US members. Their drugs make my head spin! This info will be very helpful.
Can you give me any more info on that, sharrie? I have a sister who has been on DF118-plus for about 20+ yrs for an old back injury and recently had two knees replaced. She got almost zero relief either from the PCA or the ora-morph and staff thought she was either a secret addict
or faking it! Would be nice to know about it as she is soon to have her hip done!
I think the main problem with long term DF118 use is the dependency and tolerance issues that build up. This means that post op increase analgesia may be required.
I am obviously not allowed to give any medical advice here, but in the UK your sister should have access to chronic pain services in her area and when in hospital the acute pain team, it may be worth getting in touch before admission to discuss the issues and the ineffective analgesia during her last admission.
There is also the train of thought that people on regular codeine become immune to morphine based drugs as they are thinking now the codeine blocks the receptors in SOME people.
This is a good discussion thread as I'm studying at the moment for the CRNE and was struggling with north american names.....i keep having to Wikipedia the names to find out what they are!! a list would be a good thing to post and can be added to over time!
I can't beleive that they can use brand names and not generic ones!!!!!
Does any one know a good web site for figuring out US medications?
I was reading a thread on the CCU page, and keep finding that I have to try googling the drugs, to find their 'official' names. Just so I can understand the disscussion
I know that in the UK, that there have been problems making the switch from British standard names, to European, but throwing in American brand names seem to make it more difficult.
I had no idea Glucophage was actually metformin! and some others I need to google later.
So... I just wondered if there was a sticky thread anywhere with a list of US names and UK names, or any one had any web sites.
If there isn't a sticky thread, could we arrange one? I'm sure it would be a great resource, and if we all put our heads together it wouldn't take long to make a helpful list (obviously not the size of the BNF) but large enough to help people naviagate the discussion on these boards?
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