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Table 1 Occurrence (#) of the 20 most cited drug names in a set of 4748 medical records written in Portuguese

From: Combining string and phonetic similarity matching to identify misspelt names of drugs in medical records written in Portuguese

Drug name

Number of occurrences

Fluoxetina

18624

Paracetamol

8697

Diazepam

8474

Amitriptilina

8463

Omeprazol

7825

Dipirona

7320

Glicose

5721

Captopril

5383

Insulina

5290

Nimesulida

4228

Clorpromazina

4226

Enalapril

4144

Imipramina

4135

Sinvastatina

3862

Carbamazepina

3853

Amoxicilina

3716

Ibuprofeno

3714

Metformina

3467

Risperidona

3464

Atenolol

3224