Is Pharmacology Difficult Podcast NAME OF DRUGS-1

Welcome all to IS PHARMACOLOGY DIFFICULT Podcast! I am Dr Radhika
Vijay. How do you name a drug? Why is Aspirin called as Aspirin? Is
it same as Acetylsalicylic acid? What is the basis of all these
things? Let us get in to mechanics, traditions, and rules of this
name game in today's episode. There are many grounds to classify a
drug naming method, especially on basis of molecular structure,
etc.Broadly I will classify them in three categories namely
Chemical or Scientific name, Secondly Non proprietary or Generic
name, Thirdly, Proprietary or trade name or brand name.Talk will be
starting from descriptions of Chemical Name. Their main basis is
the molecular structure of the drug so its very complex, long,
cumbersome name. Nobody can memorize all these set of data so Next,
coding system was adopted, but that is not practically possible to
be universally adopted system. All these concepts will be explained
with the help of proper and classic examples. Then next a universal
system was adopted which came to be known as Non proprietary or
Generic drug name, this was termed as quite useful and was adopted
by competent authority like USAN, approved by WHO. Hence this
termed out to be really of great usefulness and eased out the
naming of drugs a bit. This name was assigned to the drugs of only
therapeutic importance. Hence drug assortment was too possible upto
an extent. Well, more of the details with suitable right examples
will be covered iin upcoming episode. Keep the candle of interest
and curiosity lit till next wool yarn of conversations is knit. For
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