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Look-Alike Drug Names with Recommended Tall Man (Mixed Case) Letters

ISMP List of Look-Alike Drug Names with Recommended Tall Man (Mixed Case) Letters contains drug name pairs or larger groupings with recommended, bolded uppercase letters to help draw attention to the dissimilarities in look-alike drug names. The list includes mostly generic-generic drug names, although a few brand-brand or brand-generic names are included. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) list of drug names with recommended tall man (mixed case) letters was initiated in 2001 with the agency’s Name Differentiation Project.


How to cite: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). FDA and ISMP Lists of Look-Alike Drug Names with Recommended Tall Man Letters. ISMP; 2023.

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