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Doctors must now prescribe drugs using their chemical name, not brand names. That's good news for patients

  • Written by Matthew Grant, Palliative Medicine Physician, Research Fellow, Monash University
Doctors must now prescribe drugs using their chemical name, not brand names. That's good news for patientsShuterstock

From today (February 1), when you receive a prescription in Australia, it will list the name of the medication’s active ingredient rather than the brand name. So, for example, instead of receiving a prescription for Ventolin, your script will say “salbutamol”.

This national legislation change, called active ingredient...

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