Doctors in India should improve their Prescription writing Following problems need an attention. 1. Prescription of Drug Brand Names Doctors write brand names mostly and they are also in short forms usually, which are not recognizable even by other doctors.(But recognizable by the Local Med stores?) Mostly they do not write even full name of drug brands, which makes impossible for other pharmacists to suggest any alternative brands. If patient wish to go to another Physician, they have to carry strips of previously purchased meds, so New Doctor can know what they already taking.
[ Let me tell you a real incident, experienced by me when I went with my family patient to visit a Neurosurgeon in SMS medical college, Jaipur. Patient was already taking meds from another Neurosurgeon but Neurosurgeon from SMS was unable to understand ongoing treatment/ drugs due to Brand names. He asked me If…
