Generic Prescriptions
In 1980, Council considered that prescription which are written generically should be labelled generically. The following policy, adopted in 1980, remains in effect:
a) the preferred method of labelling all prescriptions for single-entity drugs is that they be labelled using the non-proprietary (generic) name of the drug, plus the name of the manufacturer, and
b) particular care should be taken when labelling generically-written and 'product-selected prescriptions'-that is when the brand name is prescribed but the generic is dispensed. In these cases, the pharmacist should use the generic name, plus the name of the manufacturer, and not the trade name.
