Complete Guide to Prescription and Non-Prescription Drugs is organized by drug generic name, and in a few instances, by drug-class name.
A generic name is the official chemical name for a drug.
A brand name is a drug manufacturer's registered trademark for a generic drug. A generic drug may have one or many brand names.
To find information about a generic drug:
1 From the Select Index menu, choose Index by Generic Drug.
2 Look in the alphabetical index for the drug you want, and double-click it.
3 The first screen of information will appear in the topic window on the right. This is the Basic Information topic for that generic drug.
To learn about a brand name drug:
1 From the Select Index menu, choose Index by Brand Name.
2 Look in the alphabetical index for the drug you want, and double-click it.
3 The first screen of information will appear in the topic window on the right. This is the Basic Information for the generic drug equivalent of the brand name drug you clicked on.
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