Drug names, formerly Couple of questions

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Just a note regarding brand and generic drug names for the students in the

group. AAMT BOS states that the brand name (same as trademark or

proprietary name) is to be capitalized. Generic names (nonproprietary name)

is the established, official name for a drug and is not to be capitalized.

When the generic and brand name of a medication sound alike, use the generic

spelling unless it is certain that the brand name is being referenced.

By the way, most of accounts you will do will probably want you to

capitalize the brand names and not capitalize the generic names. Also, when

testing for a job you should follow this guideline.

Trisha

Couple of questions

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: > Regarding the albuterol question a little while back, should it be

: > albuterol (lower case) since it is a generic? I am a student and

: > thought this was correct, but I want to make sure.

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: > Also, I know this is kind of difficult to determine, but I was typing

: > for a doctor who dictated about 1100 lines per day. It usually took

: > me about seven hours. The woman who is now typing his dictations

: > states that it takes her three hours. I know that I am new to this,

: > and will increase in speed with time, but this seems such a drastic

: > difference. I thought that 1100 lines was generally considered a

: > full day of work. BTW, he is a very clear speaking doctor, but is a

: > speed talker.

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