What are some look alike drugs?
Valtrex (valACYclovir) and Valcyte (valGANciclovir). The generic names for these 2 drugs are strikingly similar, and both the brand and generic names of the products start with the prefix “val,” contributing to look- and sound-alike confusion.
What are look alike sound alike drugs?
What are look-alike sound-alike drugs? LASA drugs are medications that look or sound similar to each other, either by their generic name, or brand name. They might have similar packaging, similar-sounding names, or similar spellings. For example, Prozac sounds a lot like Prilosec when said out loud.
What drug names are frequently confused?
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- Warfarin (Coumadin)
- Lovenox (enoxaparin)
- Methotrexate (Rheumatrex, Trexal)
- Fentanyl Patch (Duragesic)
- Hydrocodone with Acetaminophen (Vicodin, Lorcet)
- Oxycodone with Acetaminophen (Percocet, Roxicet)
- Apidra (insulin glulisine)
- Humalog (insulin lispro)
What medication may cetirizine be confused for?
The brand names Zerit and Zyrtec are similar, and the generic names stavudine and cetirizine can sound similar.
What are the pinch drugs?
These medicines include anti-infective agents, anti-psychotics, potassium, insulin, narcotics and sedative agents, chemotherapy and heparin and other anticoagulants. These medicines are represented by the acronym ‘A PINCH’.
What is a salad drug?
The term SALADs (Sound-Alike Look-Alike Drugs) refers to look-alike and sound-alike drug names and look-alike product packaging which can cause confusion resulting in potentially harmful medication errors.
What is the purpose of tall man letters in drug names?
FDA List of Established Drug Names Recommended to Use Tall Man Lettering (TML) Tall man lettering (TML) is a technique that uses uppercase lettering to help differentiate look-alike drug names.
What are salad drugs?
What is a Lasa?
Look-alike/sound-alike (LASA) medications are those, either written or spoken, which may lead to potentially harmful errors when confused with each other.
What are high risk drugs or high alert drugs?
High-alert (or high-hazard) medications are medications that are most likely to cause significant harm to the patient, even when used as intended.
What is a high risk drug?
High risk medications are drugs that have a heightened risk of causing significant patient harm when they are used in error. High risk medicines include medicines: with a low therapeutic index. that present a high risk when administered by the wrong route or when other system errors occur.
What is Lasa?
1. Introduction. Look Alike Sound Alike (LASA) medications involve medications that are visually similar in physical appearance or packaging and names of medications that have spelling similarities and/or similar phonetics.
