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Where can I find a list of a drug's foreign, generic and brand names?

Answered By: Cindy Schmidt
Last Updated: Jun 04, 2025     Views: 2541

At present, the McGoogan Library provides access to several resources that provide foreign trade names and one resource that includes foreign generic names as well as foreign trade names. 

  • The current UNMC "UpToDateLexidrug" license includes access to Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference.  This resource provides foreign and English, generic and trade names as well as investigational names, chemical names, and other synonyms.
  • The current UNMC "UpToDateLexidrug"  license includes access to the LexiDrugs databases.  These resources provide lists of foreign and U.S. trade/proprietary/brand names.

 

Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference

 

a.  You can reach Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference through the "UpToDateLexiDrug" link from the Library's hoempage, by clicking on "Resources", then on "Drug Resources", and, finally, on the "UpToDate LexiDrug" button.

b.  Search for the english generic name of the drug of interest.  Look for links to content from Martindale's

c.  Click on the link to the Martindale monograph.

d.  After you click the link to the Martindale drug monograph, look for alternate drug names in the monograph's title and in the following monograph sections: "Chemical Name", "Synonyms", "British Approved Names",  "International Nonproprietary Names", and "Preparations: Single Ingredient"

 

 

LexiDrugs

 

a.  You can reach LexiDrugs from the Library's homepage by using the "Resources" menu to go to the "Drug Resources" page and then  the UpToDateLexidrug button. 

b.  Search for the english generic name of the drug of interest.  Look for links to content from LexiDrugs

c.  Click on the link to one of the LexiDrugs monographs.

d.  After you click the link to the LexiDrugs drug monograph, look for alternate drug names in the monograph's title,  in the "Brand Names" "preparations", "index terms", and "International Brand Names" sections of the monograph.