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    This document provides a list of drug name pairs that are often confused due to similarities in spelling, pronunciation or appearance. The list was compiled from reports of medication errors involving these drugs submitted to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. The errors demonstrate that these look-alike and sound-alike drug names can cause mix-ups and mistakes when prescribing, dispensing or administering medications to patients.

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    This document provides a list of drug name pairs that are often confused due to similarities in spelling, pronunciation or appearance. The list was compiled from reports of medication errors involving these drugs submitted to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. The errors demonstrate that these look-alike and sound-alike drug names can cause mix-ups and mistakes when prescribing, dispensing or administering medications to patients.

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    This document provides a list of drug name pairs that are often confused due to similarities in spelling, pronunciation or appearance. The list was compiled from reports of medication errors involving these drugs submitted to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. The errors demonstrate that these look-alike and sound-alike drug names can cause mix-ups and mistakes when prescribing, dispensing or administering medications to patients.

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    This document provides a list of drug name pairs that are often confused due to similarities in spelling, pronunciation or appearance. The list was compiled from reports of medication errors involving these drugs submitted to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. The errors demonstrate that these look-alike and sound-alike drug names can cause mix-ups and mistakes when prescribing, dispensing or administering medications to patients.

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    List of Look-Alike Sound-Alike Drugs Drug Name Confused Drug Name Amaryl Reminyl Actonel Actos Avandia Coumadin

    Cardura Coumadin Celebrex Celexa Celebrex Cerebyx Clonidine Clonazepam Cozaar Colace Cozaar Zocor Cozaar Diovan Dioval Flovent Flonase Glyburide Glipizide Inderal Adderall Ketorolac Ketalar Lamisil Lamictal Lantus Lente Lasix Luvox Mevacor Benicar Novolog Mix 70/30 Novolin 70/30 Paxil Plavix Prilosec Prozac Serzone Seroquel Tiazac Ziac Zestril Zetia Zocar Cozaar Zyban Diovan Zyprexa Zyrtec

    This list of confused drug names, which includes look-alike and sound-alike name pairs, consists of those name pairs that have been involved in medication error s published in the ISMP Medication Safety Alert! and the ISMP Medication Safety A lert! Community/Ambulatory Care Edition. The errors involving these medications were reported to ISMP through the ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program (MERP ).

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