When to capitalize Dilantin ....

November 12, 2001

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the web site, but would like responses to come to my hotmail addy, if

you don't mind!

Anyway, my question is when a doctor is dictating the patient's

dilantin level in the labs, do we capitalize dilantin? I know

Dilantin is a trademark name. I haven't been capitalizing it when

the doc dictates it as a lab value.

Thanks!

Diane

vernondi@...

November 12, 2001

I would still capitalize it. I don't know for sure. It just seems to me

that whether it's inside or outside the body, it's still the same stuff. If

he'd said he was checking the phenytoin level, I wouldn't capitalize it, but

I would capitalize the Dilantin level. That's just my opinion, though.

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From: dlvernon@...

Subject: When to capitalize Dilantin ....

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 04:38:53 -0000