Talk:Benztropine

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I ran a Google search for "benztropine" and "First Aid for the Psychiatry Clerkship" and I got four hits--two for wikipedia, and two for some mirror site. Also, whoever put that there should put the source under a "References" section, and a page number in parentheses. And the use of capslock for emphasis is not very encyclopedic.Rmky87 22:58, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

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I changed the article a little bit where it was desperately needed. I am pretty sure that "benztropine" is about 100 times more common than "benzatropine" (the factor of 100 comes from Google searching both terms, Pubmed search is similarly skewed to "benztropine"). Perhaps the title should change to "benztropine." I also mentioned benztropine's dopaminergic activity.Fluoborate 20:55, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

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01-FEB-07 Proper name of medication is "benztropine mesylate". Title of article should be fixed (spelling error) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fliri (talk • contribs) 21:41, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia uses the most common name that the majority use for the titles of its articles. So Benzatropine is listed under that name, with an explanation that it has a longer scientific name in the lede of the article. Hope this helps clarify things for you! ➔ REDVEЯS has changed his plea to guilty 21:46, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

I work in a pharmacy. All of our stock bottles are spelled "benztropine mesylate". All spellings of the product in our labeling and billing system is "benztropine mesylate". All spelling of the product from our pharmacy supplier is "benztropine mesylate".

"Benzatropine mesilate" (and others) may well be commonly accepted variants, but it should be noted that generic version of Ovation Pharmaceutical's Cogentinis benztropine mesylate, according to Ovation itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fliri (talk • contribs) 20:15, 8 February 2008 (UTC)