Table 3.

Statements of pharmacist and prescribers about the process of generic substitution

	Prescribers		Pharmacists
	N	%	N	%
Pharmacist may substitute a generic on his own	6	12	36	55
Pharmacist should ask the prescriber for generic substitution of all drugs	23	46	4	6
Pharmacist may decide generic substitution for some of the drugs	8	16	23	35
I don’t agree generic substitution by the pharmacist	13	26	2	3
No idea	-	-	1	1
TOTAL	50	100	66	100