October 2006: Look-alike/Sound-alike Drug Name Alert
Trosec looks and sounds like Losec and Prozac.ISMP Canada has received three reports of concerns with the newly marketed product trospium chloride (Trosec) 20 mg, an antispasmodic marketed by Oryx Pharmaceuticals Inc. The registered brand name for trospium chloride in the United States is Sanctura. ISMP Canada has notified Health Canada and Oryx Pharmaceuticals, who are following up on the reported concerns.
