Trade name for drug is Pharmacology. There are many terms where drug is referred to:
A Trade name is nothing but a Brand name under which a drug is marketed . No generic may be sold for a period of time under which the company who holds a patent still has the patent in force. This is to give the company of origin time to recoup their investments from Research & Development, testing, and initial maketing.
The brand name of a drug is the name it is marketed under, but they usually also have a scientific or generic name of the drug ingredient. For instance, Tylenol and acetaminophen are the same thing... Tylenol is a brand name.
Basically a brand name for a medication.
Example:
Tylenol is a "trade name" or brand name for Acetaminophen,
Acetaminophen is a simple pain reliever which has many common trade names.
There are many different generic names for many different common drugs the real ? is which one are you referring to?
A Trade name is a brand name, i.e. , diphenhydramine HCl is Benadryl.
The non-proprietary name for a drug is called the generic name. For instance, acetaminophen is the generic name for the drug commonly called by the trade (or proprietary) name Tylenol.
The common name assigned to a new drug that begins with a lower-case letter is known as a generic name.
Fentanyl is a generic drug.
The generic drug Atorvastatin goes by the brand name Lipitor.
If you meant "What is a drug name used by several companies?" then the answer would be a generic drug. An example of a generic drug would be aspirin.
The generic name is Aspirin or acetylsalicylic acid.
A drug usually has one generic name but because many are very complicated chemical compounds, more than one is possible - for instance, sulphamethoxine and sulphadimidine are the same drug/compound. A drug, when approved, has one brand name & one generic name. The generic manufacturers must use the same generic name but can make their own trade names.
Citalopram
Ampicillin.
The generic name for Fosamax is alendronate sodium.
Ibuprofen is an NSAID so yes, it does come in generic form. Advil and Motrin are both name brand medicine that use Ibuprofen as their active ingredient, but you can get generic ibuprofen as well.
A drug can be listed by either its brand name or its generic name. The brand name is what the company that makes it has labeled it and the generic name is its chemical name. Some examples: Tylenol (brand name).....Acetaminophen (generic or chemical name) Motrin (brand name)......Ibuprofen (generic or chemical name) Prilosec (brand name)....Omeprazole (generic or chemical name) Benadryl (brand name)...Diphenhydramine (generic or chemical name)
Pethedine is a generic name. The drug uses the generic name meperidine in the US and Canada (marketed as Demerol and others) but pethedine is the generic name in most other countries.