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The most important reason is actually to make sure it doesn’t sound like any other named drug. Good article on that at https://www.ibtimes.com/why-do-prescription-drugs-have-such-...
> Patients can wind up taking the wrong prescription if a pharmacist mistakes Foradil, which treats bronchitis, for Toradol, which relieves pain from arthritis, or mixes up the blood-thinner Plavix with the antidepressant Paxil.
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The most important reason is actually to make sure it doesn’t sound like any other named drug. Good article on that at https://www.ibtimes.com/why-do-prescription-drugs-have-such-...
> Patients can wind up taking the wrong prescription if a pharmacist mistakes Foradil, which treats bronchitis, for Toradol, which relieves pain from arthritis, or mixes up the blood-thinner Plavix with the antidepressant Paxil.