Table 3 Description of medicines tested
From: Quality of generic medicines in South Africa: Perceptions versus Reality – A qualitative study
Drug | Brands/Name on label | Public clinic or hospital (no. of samples) | Community Pharmacy (no. of samples) | Dispensing Doctor (no. of samples) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Paracetamol 500 mg tablets | Paracetamol | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Panado | - | 5 | 1 | |
Painblok | 6 | 2 | - | |
Pacimol | 3 | 5 | - | |
Painamol | - | 4 | 1 | |
Prolief | - | 1 | 3 | |
Paramed | - | 1 | - | |
Gencetamol | - | 1 | 1 | |
Hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg tablets | Adco-retic* | - | - | 3 |
Hydrochlorothiazde | 2 | - | 1 | |
Ridaq | 9 | 22 | - | |
Hexazide | - | 6 | - | |
*combination product | ||||
Amoxicillin 250 mg capsule | Amoxicillin | - | 2 | - |
Amoxcil | - | - | 4 | |
Allmox | - | - | 1 | |
Betamox | - | 7 | 1 | |
Ipcamox | 2 | 1 | ||
Maxcil | - | 1 | - | |
Moxypen | 2 | 13 | - | |
Moxymax | 1 | - | - | |
Ranmoxy | - | 1 | - | |
Xeracil | - | 1 | - | |
Zoxil | - | 2 | - | |
Amoxicillin 500 mg capsule | Amoxicillin | - | 1 | - |
Moxypen | 3 | 1 | - | |
Maxcil | - | - | 1 |