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Overall, 60 questionnaires were returned completed, 49%% of the physicians claimed that they prescribed generic drugs when cost was a significant factor for the patient, 29 % answered that they prescribed approximately equal numbers of the two drug categories, and 22 % said that they usually prescribed brand name drugs.
In addition, the poor adherence to the practice of prescribing generic medications could also be explained by Indian law, as pharmacists are legally not allowed to replace prescribed brand medication with generic counterparts.
A medicinal product dictionary was created linking the prescribed brand name to generic name, ATC code and FDA pregnancy-risk category (if available).
However, in general, they felt they did not get information from him/her about being given a different product (generic) than the prescribed (brand name) one when they went to the pharmacy.
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