Thanks, Baron. That's the page I had in mind.
Jim
"Carter, Baron" wrote:
>
> Jim,
>
> I think this might be the page you are referring to
> http://www.fda.gov/cder/dsm/DRG/drg00501.htm
>
> Baron
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James R. Frysinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, 21 December, 2000 09:11
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: U.S. Metric Association
> Subject: Re: [USMA:9928] Re: MG on Rx labels
>
> That's a good example of the FDA's use of the symbols, Baron. Somewhere
> there is a page (or more) of specified symbols. It includes MCG for
> microgram, etc. I suspect these arose in the days when the only known
> typographic characters had ASCII values less than 128 and no printers
> had more than nine pins. (T.I.C.)
>
> Jim
>
> "Carter, Baron" wrote:
> >
> > http://www.fda.gov/cder/dsm/POL/pol-004.htm
> >
> > Baron Carter
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: James R. Frysinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, 21 December, 2000 08:16
> > To: U.S. Metric Association
> > Cc: U.S. Metric Association
> > Subject: [USMA:9926] Re: MG on Rx labels
> >
> > This is a result of requirements by the FDA. I posted the citation here
> > some time ago but don't see a copy handy in my files. It can be found
> > via the FDA website. Who says that the agency responsible for our
> > prescription drugs is not up to date!
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > Harry Wyeth wrote:
> > >
> > > Someone mentioned something about erroneous capitalizations on some kind
> > of
> > > labels (GM or GR or some such). I recently noticed that on a number of
> > > prescription labels we have the ingredients are listed as xxx MG, not
> mg.
> > > Seems to be common, and the labels are on pill bottles from a number of
> > > different pharmacies.
> > >
> > > Is this as common as it appears? The labels appear be be generated by
> > some
> > > sort of computer or word-processing program. Is this a product of the
> > > pharmaceutical profession in the US?
> > >
> > > HARRY WYETH
> >
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