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Finding Equivalents
For any drug you select, it’s easy to find other brands
containing the same generic ingredients.
1. Go to a drug monograph (e.g.,
ORETON).
See “Finding Drug Information” for directions.
2. Press
MENU
.
3. Highlight
Equivalents from the Search menu.
4. Press
ENTER
.
5. Highlight an equivalent.
6. Press
ENTER
to view its monograph.
7. Press
BACK
to go back to the equivalents.
8. Press
CLEAR
when done.
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A Quick Way to Find Equivalents
When reading the drug monograph, you can quickly
see its equivalents by pressing E. Select an equiva-
lent to display its monograph.
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Finding Generic Names in Monographs
The last topic in a drug monograph lists the names
of the drug’s generic ingredients. Once at a mono-
graph, you can go directly to
Generic Name by
pressing G. Then you can highlight an ingredient
and search for it (see “Highlighting Search Words”).
