Talk:British Approved Name

Australia
Australia is likely to change over to other names, now, is it? Not likely. We'll probably keep the old names out of sheer bloody-minded cussedness. :)

Seriously, though - is such speculation really encyclopaedia-esque? And it's not likely to be correct. Anyone who knows Australians at all will be aware that legislating a change is in no way likely to cause us to care about it. If we have decided that a drug is called "hippydoodle" and some big-name manual from the USA calls it "Blargle", in 100 years we'll still call it "hippydoodle" except in jokes about Americans. Johno 14:16, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

Does anyone know if this what the "BP" on the end of some medication means? EG: Morphine Hydrochloride BP. I can't see any mention of it in this or the other [British Pharmacopoeia] article -- it would be nice to mention this if it's true. — Someone too lazy to login. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.239.87.134 (talk) 03:13, 20 October 2007 (UTC)
 * The BP stands for British Pharmacopoeia, ie a standardised set description of a formulation's constituents and formulation. David Ruben Talk 01:22, 27 October 2007 (UTC)