Prescribing drugs to patients by Generic names has
been legalized under the National Drug Policy and it will be implemented here soon according to the Minister Of Health Dr.Rajitha Senaratne.
When the law is being implemented patients will receive the right of requesting doctors to prescribe medicinal drugs under the Generic name not the trade name as usually done minister has said while addressing the Professor Senake Bibile commemoration held at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo last Tuesday (26).
Countries like USA had implemented such laws on prescribing medicinal drugs to the patients by Generic name and recorded 85% success rate and by purchasing medicinal drugs through Generic names patients are able to get them for cheeper prices as well Minister has stressed.
When the law is being implemented patients will receive the right of requesting doctors to prescribe medicinal drugs under the Generic name not the trade name as usually done minister has said while addressing the Professor Senake Bibile commemoration held at Sri Lanka Foundation Institute in Colombo last Tuesday (26).
Countries like USA had implemented such laws on prescribing medicinal drugs to the patients by Generic name and recorded 85% success rate and by purchasing medicinal drugs through Generic names patients are able to get them for cheeper prices as well Minister has stressed.
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