Letters to the Editor
Labels for prescription medicines
- Ashok Chotai
- Aust Prescr 2018;41:101
- 1 August 2018
- DOI: 10.18773/austprescr.2018.037
ISSUE 4 AUGUST
Letter to the Editor
Thank you for the article on safer dispensing labels.1 A patient-centric label should have the generic name in bold and prominently printed and the brand name in less prominent print. This should improve patient recognition of medications, and avoid duplications of different brand names often dispensed by pharmacists.
Ashok Chotai
GP, Brisbane
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Ashok Chotai
GP, Brisbane
