Chapter 1

Question 1

Therapeutic Classification

Answer 1

Describes what is being treated by the drug

Question 2

Pharmacological Classification

Answer 2

Describes how the drug acts

Question 3

Prototype drug

Answer 3

Well-understood model drug to which other drugs in a pharmacologic class are compared

Question 4

Generic Name

Answer 4

Each drug has only one, components of a generic name can help students recognize other drugs in the same class

Question 5

Trade name

Answer 5

Proprietary/brand name that is assigned by the pharma company marketing the drug. Usually short and easy to remember

Question 6

Period of exclusivity

Answer 6

During this period, competing companies are not allowed to market generic versions of the product

Question 7

Combination drugs

Answer 7

Drugs with more than one active generic ingredient

Question 8

Bioavailability

Answer 8

Rate and extent active ingredient absorbed from a drug and becomes available at site of action to produce its affect

• measuring how long drug takes to exert its effect (onset time) is a crude way to measure this

Question 9

Bioequivalent

Answer 9

When trade-name and generic have same rate of absorption and same onset of therapeutic action

Question 10

Biosimilar drugs

Answer 10

Comparable effectiveness and safety to FDA-approved biological products
- similar but not an exact duplicate of the original medication (so should not be called a generic medication)