Country of Practice
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| 1. When you see a medication order written using a discontinued trademark, and a generic version of the product is still available, do you automatically substitute and dispense the generic version?
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| 2. Once a trademarked product is discontinued, does the listing remain in your computer database?
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| 2a. If the answer to the above question is YES, is the listing available for selection?
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3. How do you as a practitioner receive notification of a product discontinuation?
| Personally, I never receive notification. |
15% |
| I receive notification from the pharmaceutical company |
45% |
| I receive notification from my wholesaler. |
40% |
| My employer receives notice and shares the information. |
30% |
| A message appears in my computer if I select the product from the database. |
13% |
| The item is removed from the computer database during a system update. |
9% |
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