Critical therapeutic categories: a contraindication to generic substitution?

• Published in: Clinical therapeutics Vol. 8; no. 4; p. 370
• Main Authors: Colaizzi, J L, Lowenthal, D T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 1986
• Subjects: Aged; Biological Availability; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Humans; Pharmaceutical Preparations - metabolism; Therapeutic Equivalency; United States; United States Food and Drug Administration; United States

All 50 states either permit or require a pharmacist to substitute a generic drug for a prescribed brand-name drug unless the physician specifically notes on the prescription form that substitution is not to be made. In certain critical therapeutic categories and for certain patient populations, each...