1. Fictitious name: The name of a drug must not contain fictitious names, such as fictitious drug ingredients, efficacy, etc.
2. Illegal name: The name of a drug shall not contain illegal words or labels, such as unapproved pharmaceutical ingredients, counterfeit and shoddy drugs, etc.
3. Misleading names: Drug names shall not contain words or logos that mislead consumers, such as exaggerating curative effect and false propaganda.
4. Irrelevant name: A drug name must not contain words or logos unrelated to the drug itself, such as brand stories and celebrity endorsements unrelated to the drug.
5. Too complicated names: The names of drugs should not be too complicated, but should be concise and easy to remember and identify.
The names of drugs are divided into:
1. Generic name: Generic name is the legal name of drug, which is formulated by the State Pharmacopoeia Committee. Each drug can only have a common name, such as penicillin sodium and ibuprofen.
2. Commodity name: A commodity name is a name given by an enterprise to highlight and publicize its own commodities and create a brand effect. It has nothing to do with the composition and function of the drug. Trade names are proprietary, and each commodity corresponds to a trade name. For example, Fenbid is the trade name of ibuprofen produced by Tianjin SmithKline Pharmaceutical Factory.
3. International generic names: International generic names are the international generic names of drugs formulated by the World Health Organization (WHO). It is a worldwide acceptable unique name for each active substance sold in the market, and it has been revised many times by WHO in cooperation with the National Technical Terminology Committee. For example, the international non-patented name of penicillin is penicillin.
4. According to the composition of drug names, it can be divided into: single-component drug names: drug names composed of single chemical components or natural drug components, such as acetaminophen (paracetamol). Compound drug name: the name of a drug consisting of multiple ingredients, such as compound paracetamol and amantadine capsules.
5. According to the naming principle of drug names, it can be divided into transliteration names, and the names are given by transliteration of Chinese characters according to the syllables of drug names, such as metoprolol.
Free translation of the name, according to the mechanism of action or efficacy of drugs, makes people understand the role and usage of drugs at a glance, such as aspirin. Systematic naming refers to the naming principles recommended by the International Pharmacopoeia or the World Health Organization, such as erythromycin.