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The Green Pages
THE USES, DOSAGE, AND PRECAUTIONS FOR
THE MEDICINES REFERRED TO IN THIS BOOK
The medicines in this section are grouped according to their uses. For example,
all the medicines used to treat infections caused by worms are listed under the
heading FOR WORMS.
If you want information on a medicine, look for the name of that medicine in
the LIST OF MEDICINES beginning on page 341. Or look for the medicine in the
INDEX OF MEDICINES beginning on page 345. When you find the name you are
looking for, turn to the page number shown.
Medicines are listed according to their generic (scientific) names rather than
their brand names (names given by the companies that make them). This is
because generic names are similar everywhere, but brand names differ from place
to place. Also, medicines are often much cheaper when you buy generic rather
than brand‑name products.
In a few cases, well-known brand names are given after the generic name.
In this book brand names are written in italics and begin with a capital letter. For
example, Phenergan is a brand name for an antihistamine called promethazine
(promethazine is the generic name).
With the information on each medicine, blank spaces______________ have
been left for you to write in the name and price of the most common or least
expensive product in your area. For example, if the cheapest or only available form
of tetracycline in your area is Terramycin, you would write in the blank spaces as
follows:
Tetracycline (tetracycline HCI, oxytetracycline, etc.)
Name:_________________________________________ price:________
for_ ______________________________________________
If, however, you find you can buy generic tetracycline more cheaply than
Terramycin, write instead:
Name:_________________________________________ price:________
for_ ______________________________________________
Note: Not all the medicines listed in the Green Pages are needed in your Home
or Village Medicine kit. Because different medicines are available in different
countries, information has sometimes been given for a number of medicines that
do the same job. However, it is wise to
KEEP AND USE ONLY A SMALL NUMBER OF MEDICINES.