Pharmacy and generic substitution of antiepileptic drugs: Missing in action?

Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1065-1068

  Welty, Timothy E ^a,b  

^a SAMFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiepileptic drugs; Epilepsy; Generic substitution; Pharmacy practice

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GENERIC DRUG;

DECISION MAKING; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PHARMACY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REVIEW; EDITORIAL; EPILEPSY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; LEGAL ASPECT; PHARMACOKINETICS; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ANTICONVULSANTS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIETIES, PHARMACEUTICAL; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 34250163884     PISSN: 10600280     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1345/aph.1K076     Document Type: Review

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