Name game

One of the hardest things to get used to in the pharmacy is the different names of drugs.  Most of the drugs here go by different brand names, they use the British naming system, for example pantoprazole here is called Controloc instead of Protonix.

What's even worse for me is that there are some drugs that even go by different generic names, most people know that some countries recognize acetaminophen (Tylenol) as paracetamol (Panadol).  

But did you know that here glyburide (Diabeta/Glynase Press tab) is known as glibenclamide (Daonil)?

 When I first saw it, I thought it was a completely different sulfonylurea.

More to come soon!