Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 In a message dated 8/5/99 7:37:56 PM Mountain Daylight Time, medpen@... writes: << Generics are for drugs, or suture material like catgut, not specific vitamins. Vitamin D, E, B6, B12 etc., are as about as specific as you can get. My sources are three specialists, graduate M.D.s from s Hopkins - my siblings, who trained me many, many years ago when I first made that mistake. >> Interesting. I have two drug references here, both of which do NOT capitalize vitamins - Quick Look Drug Book and the Drake and Drake Pharmaceutical Word Book. Don't forget the rule of MTs - never trust a doctor's spelling! <G> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 In a message dated 8/5/99 10:23:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time, suzykat@... writes: << MPR capitalizes EVERYTHING, generic or not. It's my only gripe with this otherwise handy-dandy resource. If you'll notice, even amoxicillin and aspirin are capped. >> Correct, they do capitalize everything. I was kind of annoyed by this too, but if you look at the first blue page in the back, it will tell you that if the name is in italics, it is generic. Incidentally, vitamins is in italics. Not capped in transcription. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 At 08:19 PM 8/5/1999 -0500, wrote: > Re: vitamin E marker > > > > In a message dated 8/5/99 6:17:40 PM Mountain Daylight Time, > > medpen@... writes: > > > > << Ves, it is if it is for a specific vitamin, A, E, D, etc, but not like > > " just takes vitamins " . > > >> > > > > hmmmmm...can you document that in a source? Vitamins are generics, and > > therefore, should not be capitalized. > > Generics are for drugs, or suture material like catgut, not specific vitamins. Vitamin D, E, B6, B12 etc., are as about as specific as you can get. My sources are three specialists, graduate M.D.s from s Hopkins - my siblings, who trained me many, many years ago when I first made that mistake. Automation software for the medical transcriptionist / clinician / hospital. www.medpen.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 At 09:49 PM 8/5/1999 -0400, JesusLuvMe@... wrote: >In a message dated 8/5/99 7:37:56 PM Mountain Daylight Time, >medpen@... writes: > ><< Generics are for drugs, or suture material like catgut, not specific > vitamins. Vitamin D, E, B6, B12 etc., are as about as specific as you can > get. My sources are three specialists, graduate M.D.s from s Hopkins - > my siblings, who trained me many, many years ago when I first made that > mistake. > > >> > >Interesting. I have two drug references here, both of which do NOT >capitalize vitamins - Quick Look Drug Book and the Drake and Drake >Pharmaceutical Word Book. > >Don't forget the rule of MTs - never trust a doctor's spelling! <G> 90% of the time, their wrong in their spelling :-), yes I agree, and always have a good laugh. Don't forget Dorland's Med Dict. - the lowercase v is used there for specific vitamins also. Those three sources, my siblings, all mentioned that (Cap on specific vitamins) independently of each other at different times. I guess it is just a matter of personal opinion, but I have never been called on it for the caps. Now if you really want to get sticky here, it is capped in the Monthly Prescribing Reference, a booklet that practitioners use all the time. :-) Kindest regards, Automation software for the medical transcriptionist / clinician / hospital. www.medpen.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 > Now if you > really want to get sticky here, it is capped in the Monthly Prescribing > Reference, a booklet that practitioners use all the time. :-) > Kindest regards, > MPR capitalizes EVERYTHING, generic or not. It's my only gripe with this otherwise handy-dandy resource. If you'll notice, even amoxicillin and aspirin are capped. Maybe the MPR is why our physicians can't spell! Folks, NEVER, ever go by it for capitalization verification. Suz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 At 11:22 PM 8/5/1999 -0400, you wrote: Correct, they do capitalize everything. I was kind of annoyed by this too, but if you look at the first blue page in the back, it will tell you that if the name is in italics, it is generic. Incidentally, vitamins is in italics. Not capped in transcription. Hi , Okay, I'll change my style based on all everyone's input. If I get any flack, I will tell them to come here. :-) That's about 6 or 7 for, by documentation, and three verbal against! Paper always wins ! G Automation software for the medical transcriptionist / clinician / hospital. www.medpen.net Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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