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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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"replace Drug A with Drug B" or "change A to B"?
Hello, I am a pharmaceutical translator. Let me ask a question.
When a patient who had been receiving Drug A is told to discontinue Drug A and to start to receive Drug B, I used to wrote 'Drug A was replaced with Drug B.' or 'Drug B was substituted for Drug A.'
However, most recently the expression was corrected to read 'Drug A was changed to Drug B'.
I wonder which expression is most appropriate for use in the manuscript for submission to a journal in the medical or pharmaceutical field.
I would appreciate your advice.
When a patient who had been receiving Drug A is told to discontinue Drug A and to start to receive Drug B, I used to wrote 'Drug A was replaced with Drug B.' or 'Drug B was substituted for Drug A.'
However, most recently the expression was corrected to read 'Drug A was changed to Drug B'.
I wonder which expression is most appropriate for use in the manuscript for submission to a journal in the medical or pharmaceutical field.
I would appreciate your advice.
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Hello, I'm a retired MD and currently the Director of Medical Publications for a pharmaceutical corporation. Manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed journals are, generally, concerned with publishing the results of research. If this is the case, all of your sentences are correct, but "Drug A was changed to Drug B" is the most succinct.
- Hello, I'm a retired MD and currently the Director of Medical Publications for a pharmaceutical corporation.
- Manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed journals are, generally, concerned with publishing the results of research.
- If this is the case, all of your sentences are correct, but "Drug A was changed to Drug B" is the most succinct.
- John
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Hello,
I'm a retired MD and currently the Director of Medical Publications for a pharmaceutical corporation.
Manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed journals are, generally, concerned with publishing the results of research. If this is the case, all of your sentences are correct, but "Drug A was changed to Drug B" is the most succinct.
John
I'm a retired MD and currently the Director of Medical Publications for a pharmaceutical corporation.
Manuscripts submitted to peer-reviewed journals are, generally, concerned with publishing the results of research. If this is the case, all of your sentences are correct, but "Drug A was changed to Drug B" is the most succinct.
John
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