I think this is not good practice to list or create articles about
brand names (proprietary names). They come and go. Besides in different
countries the same drug by the same manufacturer is sold under different
brand names.
There are exceptions of course we definitely should have articles about :
Viagra,Valium
?,Prozac
? and possibly Rophypnol
? (date-rape drug ?).
Can we ask the administrators to issue the official policy on brand names of
pharmaceuticals ?
There is not yet an official policy, but personally I don't have a problem with it.
If it's a subject some people want to know about, we do our readers a disservice
not to cover it just because of some misplaced concern about "commercialism".
Let's face it; people won't search for "Diazepam"; they'll search for "Valium",
and expect an article on it. Of course, that article should simply say that
"Valium" is a trademarked brand name for Diazepam, and then desribe what Diazepam
is and what it does. I think all should be treated similarly: mention the brand
name and the generic name, and use the generic name in most of the text. --LDC
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