Guest guest Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Hi all, I had been told in the past that all generic drugs names were written in lower case only and that trade (or brand) names werwe written with only the first letter capitalized. Is this correct? I'm asking because I have seen on many different web sites and in some books where the generic and brand names are both written with capital letters and I am getting confused. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2004 Report Share Posted November 8, 2004 Dear , While I definitely write my generics with a low case and the first letter of the trade with an upper case, I also insert/add a circled R for registered trademaon when typing on the computer . HOWEVER you should KNOW that each mfg does it differently on the labels! Some place the generic in non-bold while trade in bold, place the generic in parentheses, place a TM or R by the Trade or TRADE, Trade in caps like TRADE or in RED. You can notice this if you work in a Rx and look at the stock. However if you do not then place some generic and trade names of drugs one by one in google.com and click on image to look at packaging and label. This should prove it to you. Hope this helps you out... Respectfully, Jeanetta Mastron CPhT BS Chem Founder/Owner orangecat246 <orangecat246@...> wrote: Hi all, I had been told in the past that all generic drugs names were written in lower case only and that trade (or brand) names werwe written with only the first letter capitalized. Is this correct? I'm asking because I have seen on many different web sites and in some books where the generic and brand names are both written with capital letters and I am getting confused. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2004 Report Share Posted November 9, 2004 Hi , The reason brand names are capitalzed when written and generic names are not lies not in a pharmacy law but in the rules of basic English grammar. Brand names of drugs are PROPER NOUNS and are always capitalized. Generic names are common nouns and therefore do not require capitalization unless they are beginning a sentence where the noun is capitalized regardless of the type of noun it is. I've place a copy of a worksheet below to explain this further. If you look further down the page you will see a section about trademark names. This section would be the one that includes brand name or trademark name drugs. Hope this helps. Lynch-Brunozzi, CPhT Textpert This handout lists some guidelines for capitalization. If you have a question about whether a specific word should be capitalized that doesn't fit under one fo these rules, try checking a dictionary to see if the word is capitalized there. Use capital letters in the following ways: • The first words of a sentence example: When he tells a joke, he sometimes forgets the punch line. • The pronoun " I " example: The last time I visited Atlanta was several years ago. • Proper nouns (the names of specific people, places, organizations, and sometimes things) examples: Worrill Fabrication Company Golden Gate Bridge Supreme Court Livingston, Missouri Atlantic Ocean Mothers Against Drunk Driving • Family relationships (when used as proper names) examples: I sent a thank-you note to Aunt Abigail, but not to my other aunts. Here is a present I bought for Mother. Did you buy a present for your mother? • The names of God, specific deities, religious figures, and holy books examples: God the Father the Virgin the Bible the Greek gods Moses Shiva Buddha Zeus Exception: Do not capitalize the non-specific use of the word " god. " example: The word " polytheistic " means the worship of more than one god. • Titles preceding names, but not title that follow names examples: She worked as the assistant to Mayor Hanolovi. I was able to interview Miriam Moss, mayor of Littonville. • Directions that are names (North, South, East, and West when used as sections of the country, but not as compass directions) examples: The Patels have moved to the Southwest. Jim’s house is two miles north of Otterbein. • The days of the week, the months of the year, and holidays (but not the seasons used generally) examples: Halloween October Friday winter spring fall Exception: Seasons are capitalized when used in a title. example: The Fall 1999 semester • The names of countries, nationalities, and specific languages examples: Costa Rica Spanish French English • The first word in a sentence that is a direct quote example: Emerson once said, " A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds. " • The major words in the titles of books, articles, and songs (but not short prepositions or the articles " the, " " a, " or " an, " if they are not the first word of the title) example: One of Ringo’s favorite books is The Catcher in the Rye. • Members of national, political, racial, social, civic, and athletic groups examples: Green Bay Packers African-Americans Anti-Semitic Democrats Friends of the Wilderness Chinese • Periods and events (but not century numbers) examples: n Era Great Depression Constitutional Convention sixteenth century • Trademarks examples: Pepsi Honda IBM Microsoft Word • Words and abbreviations of specific names (but not names of things that came from specific things but are now general types) examples: Freudian NBC pasteurize UN french fries -- To love what you do and feel that it matters - how could anything be more fun? -- Graham .. . . for my heart rejoiced in all my labour . . . Ecclesiastes 2:10 -------------- Original message -------------- Hi all, I had been told in the past that all generic drugs names were written in lower case only and that trade (or brand) names werwe written with only the first letter capitalized. Is this correct? I'm asking because I have seen on many different web sites and in some books where the generic and brand names are both written with capital letters and I am getting confused. Thanks for the help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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