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what are the top 200 drugs of 2009 and their uses ## What sort of metrics are you looking for? # of prescriptions dispensed? Most viewed on this site? etc ... Please provide more details about the specific data which you are looking for. You may also be interested in the Top Prescription Drugs page...

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top 200 drugs list brand name and generic names ## Have a look at the page for Top 200 Prescription Drugs on this site. It is based on which drugs are the most viewed in the community. Are you looking for any other metrics which define the top 200 drugs? Such as top 200 by prescriptions dispensed, etc? Please be more specific if the above link did not help you.... ## I am a Certified Pharmacy Technician. Aside from working daily in an institutional pharmacy, I am an instructor who teaches introductory level pharmacy classes to a wide variety of allied health students. I use the Top 200 drugs in this class as a way for students to become familiar with a lot of medications, their classifications, and uses. My hope in using the top 200, is that it will allow the students to become familiar...

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I WANT A TOP 200 DRUGS LIST FOR 2009 WITH BRAND/TRADE NAME OF DRUG AND GENERIC NAME OF DRUG ## Do you want to know based on the number of prescriptions dispensed in the US or the most commonly read? ## THANKS ## I would like a list of generic perscription drugs used for brand names ## What sort of metrics are you looking for? # of prescriptions dispensed? Most viewed on this site? etc ... Please provide more details about the specific data which you are looking for. You may also be interested in the Top Prescription Drugs page... ## i would like a list of the top 200 prescription drugs with brand name as well as generic name. this if for a pharmacy tech applicant to study ## Please send me a top 200 drug list generic/brand ## Can I have the top 200 drug list by generic and brand name. W...

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I was taking potassium cl er 20meq & im out of them so im trying to find something equivalent to that over the counter. How many 99 milligrams of potassium can I take to make one 20 meq dose? ## Juli's answer is correct: 20 mEq is approximately 1,485 mg. The conversion between mg and mEq is a bit tricky and requires some chemistry knowledge but I will note the calculations below. "A milligram, abbreviated mg, is a metric unit of mass or weight defined as one thousandth of a gram. A milliequivalent is a measure of the quantity of ions in an electrolyte fluid. One milliequivalent is one thousandth of one mole of charges and is represented by the symbol mEq. The ions of different elements vary in mass, so it is necessary to know the atomic or molecular weight of the ions and th...

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