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A health care practitioner is speaking at a health fair about the differences in trade name and generic name drugs. How would she describe a generic drug?
a. It is the common or general name assigned to the drug by the U.S. Adopted Name Council.
b. It is the exact molecular formula of the drug.
c. It is the name of a drug classification.
d. It is a product identified by the pharmaceutical company.
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A health care practitioner is speaking at a health fair about the differences in trade name and generic name drugs. How would she describe a generic drug?
a. It is the common or general name assigned to the drug by the U.S. Adopted Name Council.
b. It is the exact molecular formula of the drug.
c. It is the name of a drug classification.
d. It is a product identified by the pharmaceutical company.
a. It is the common or general name assigned to the drug by the U.S. Adopted Name Council.
A health care practitioner is explaining the concept of medications to a curious young client. How should he define the term pharmacology?
a. The comparison of drug classifications
b. The trade name of a drug
c. The prototype of a drug that typifies the characteristic of that classification
d. The study of drugs and their origin, nature, properties, and effects on living organisms
d. The study of drugs and their origin, nature, properties, and effects on living organisms
A student is preparing for her medication exam. What does she need to understand about drug classifications?
a. Therapeutic uses and the effects on the body
b. The cost to the consumer
c. The trade name
d. The generic name
a. Therapeutic uses and the effects on the body
In an introductory course, an instructor explains drug classifications to first-year students. Which of the following is NOT a drug classification?
a. Antacid
b. Heparin
c. Diuretic
d. Analgesic
b. Heparin
A health care practitioner is collecting information on a new client and compiles a current medication list. What should he know about trade names for drugs?
a. The trade name is the common name assigned for a drug.
b. The trade name is the exact chemical formula of the drug.
c. While there is only one generic name, there may be many trade names for the same drug.
d. The trade name is the official name as it appears in the official reference, the USP/NF.
c. While there is only one generic name, there may be many trade names for the same drug.
A client asks the health care practitioner when her prescription will be available at a lower cost generically. What information might the health care practitioner share with the client?
a. The drug will be available generically after the first year of use under the trade name.
b. The drug will be available generically when the insurance companies give preauthorization to change the price.
c. The drug company has exclusive rights to market the drug for 17 years.
d. The drug will be available generically when the drug is added to the official reference books.
c. The drug company has exclusive rights to market the drug for 17 years.
A pharmacology student is looking up a medication in a drug reference resource. Which of the following statements is accurate regarding drug names in a reference book?
a. The official name is the trade name.
b. The trade name is designated by an initial lowercase letter.
c. The generic name is designated by an initial lowercase letter.
d. The generic name is designated by an initial capitalized letter.
c. The generic name is designated by an initial lowercase letter.
The client has been diagnosed with hypothyroidism and is given a prescription for the medication Synthroid. The prescription contains the letters "DAW". What does this abbreviation mean?
a. The abbreviation indicates that the generic formula should be substituted.
b. The abbreviation indicates the prescription should be dispensed with no substitutes, as written.
c. The abbreviation indicates that the prescription should not be dispensed with the trade name.
d. The abbreviation indicates that the prescription should be dispensed as a generic drug only.
b. The abbreviation indicates the prescription should be dispensed with no substitutes, as written.
A client with diabetes is started on a new medication. The client asks the health care practitioner why there are two names on a single prescription. How could the health care practitioner respond?
a. The prescription is a combination of the same drug at different concentrations.
b. The prescription includes a filler that is added to the generic drug.
c. The prescription is a combination of several generic names in one medication.
d. The prescription is a combination of a generic and a trade brand.
c. The prescription is a combination of several generic names in one medication.
During the discharge of a college student from the dental clinic, the client asks the health care practitioner about the number designated on the pain-relief prescription. How would the health care practitioner respond?
a. The number refers to the amount of one of the generic components.
b. The number is for pharmacy records only.
c. The number represents the number of tablets dispensed.
d. The number refers to the most potent quantity of the drug.
a. The number refers to the amount of one of the generic components.