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DRUGS AS MEDICINE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
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DRUGS AS MEDICINE QUESTIONS ANDANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024
Generic medications are __________. - ANSWER Include the same active ingredients as the original
medication
The Food and Drug Act was the first US law that regulated medicine. - ANSWER F
Antivirals are medicines that can both suppress and kill viruses in the body. - ANSWER F
Which of these FDA regulations required that manufacturers disclose possible dangers and side effects of
their medicines? - ANSWER Kefauver-Harris Amendment
FDA regulations require that all medication labels include __________. - ANSWER Specific ingredients
and possible side effects
Switching drugs to OTC status generally increases costs for insured patients. - ANSWER F
Which of the following is NOT a major type of medicine? - ANSWER Anticellulars
The Anti-Tampering Act of 1982 requires that __________. - ANSWER Packaging of OTC medicines are
tamper-proof
Explain why it is a bad idea to take a friend's prescription medication. - ANSWER Taking someone else's
medications is against the law. In addition, prescription medicines were given to your friend by a doctor
who clearly understood the health issues at hand. Those same medicines can cause harm to other
individuals.
Compare and contrast vaccines and antitoxins. - ANSWER Vaccines contain weakened or dead pathogens
of the disease they are trying to prevent. These pathogens build up the body's resistance to the regular
disease. Antitoxins are composed of body fluid extracts that bolster the body's ability to fight a specific
disease. In general, antitoxins work more quickly than vaccines.
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