Abstract
The difficulty in keeping abreast of all of the newest pharmaceuticals on the market, including their spellings and pronunciations, can lead to errors for nurses in the emergency department who are charged with collecting medication histories and performing medication reconciliation activities. In addition to dealing with the well-publicized problems associated with look-alike, sound-alike drug names and look-alike packaging,1-3 ED staff (and patients) must deal with the confusion that is created by the pharmaceutical industry's common use of brand name extensions and suffixes.
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