After the trade name drugs patent expires how may a generic versions of it be
sold - ANSWER-Only under the branded generic name
.As the price a patient pays for a prescription increases, what happens to the
likelihood that the patient will fill it? - ANSWER-It remains unaffected because
the prescription is needed.
.Bone marrow transplants... - ANSWER-Are a type of stem cell therapy, unless
patients own cells are reinjected
.During which phase of the clinical trials is the new drug safety and effectiveness
first tested in the target group - ANSWER-Phase 2
.How are drugs sorted into therapeutic groups and classes? - ANSWER-A. first by
the conditions that they are used to treat. and then by their mechanisms of
action
.how is the US healthcare marketplace changed in the last few decades? -
ANSWER-Managed care has been increasingly replaced by more patient-
centered approaches
.Most involuntary movements come from which type of muscle tissue? -
ANSWER-cardiac and smooth
.Patient is diagnosed with type one diabetes - ANSWER-Do you not produce
enough insulin because they do not have enough B cells
, .steady state - ANSWER-Drug given at regular intervals that absorption and
elimination have become fairly constant
.The name describes a timer for molecular structure of a drug - ANSWER-
Chemical
.Type of substance that enhances the action of a drug or antigen? - ANSWER-
Adjuvant
.What are excipients? - ANSWER-inactive ingredients
.What are the 2 legal classifications of wholesalers? - ANSWER-primary and
secondary wholesale distributors
.What are the components of the central nervous system? - ANSWER-brain and
spinal cord
.What are Uterotonic agents used for? - ANSWER-To induce labor
.What distinguishes pharmacodynamics from pharmacokinetics - ANSWER-
Pharmacodynamics studies how drugs affect the body
.What do immunosuppressive agents do? - ANSWER-reduce risk of rejection of
foreign bodies