Is Therapeutic Substitution OK? |
“Therapeutic substitution” means switching a patient from the drug originally prescribed by his or her physician to “an entirely different chemical entity,” which is considered “a giant step beyond generic substitution” where the patient is switched from the prescribed drug to its generic equivalent. [Therapeutic Substitution -- Usurpation of the Physician’s Prerogative. John C. Ballin. JAMA. 1987. 257(4):528-529]
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