The Ambiguity between Drug Names and Their Pharmaceutical Salts

Mohamed Ahmed A Moustafa
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Mohamed Ahmed A Moustafa: King Abdulaziz University, USA

Global Journal of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2018, vol. 5, issue 2, 45-46

Abstract: There exists some sort of ambiguity amongst physicians, patients and to less degree within pharmacy practitioners, between drug names and their pharmaceutically available salts. Questions are asked about the difference between tetracycline and tetracycline hydrochloride, or ampicillin and ampicillin sodium; are these names represent the same active molecule and what is the difference between them? This difference should be clear and understandable for all health professions and also to the patient. Most of the drug molecules are either weak acids or weak bases.

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Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.19080/GJPPS.2018.05.555659

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