Healthy Skepticism Library item: 8553

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Publication type: Journal Article

What companies do pharmacists now select when filling Rx's for 16 generic drugs? Part 2
Pharmacy Times 1978 Oct; 44:45-49

Abstract:

A random survey of community pharmacies conducted by Pharmacy Times to determine product preferences when dispensing generic prescriptions for 16 specific drugs is presented. In the second part of this series, tabular data is presented for 8 drugs including percentage of response from chain, independent and all pharmacies among the 837 respondents. Company preferences are further categorized by pharmacies filling under and over 75 prescriptions daily.