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Chapter 13. Over-the-Counter Medications

Pharmacotherapeutics for Advanced Practice Nurse Prescribers 4th Edition by Teri Moser Woo

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Chapter 13. Over-the-Counter Medications

 

Complete Chapter Questions With Answers

 

Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

 

____     1.   Michael asks you about why some drugs are over-the-counter and some are prescription. You explain that in order for a drug to be approved for over-the-counter use the drug must:

1. Be safe and labeled for appropriate use
2. Have a low potential for abuse or misuse
3. Be taken for a condition the patient can reliably self-diagnose
4. All of the above

 

 

____     2.   In the United States, over-the-counter drugs are regulated by:

1. No one. There is no oversight for over-the-counter medications.
2. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
3. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration
4. MedWatch

 

 

____     3.   As drugs near the end of their patent, pharmaceutical companies may apply for the drug to change to over-the-counter status in order to:

1. Get a new patent for the over-the-counter form of the drug
2. Lower the costs because most prescription benefit plans do not cover generics
3. Market the drug to a whole new population, as they are able to market to patients instead of just providers
4. Continue to make large profits from their blockbuster brand-name drug

 

 

____     4.   New over-the-counter drug ingredients must undergo the U.S. Food and Drug Administration New Drug Application process, just as prescription drugs do.

1. True
2. False

 

Answer Section

 

MULTIPLE CHOICE

 

  1. ANS:  4                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  2                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  4                    PTS:   1

 

  1. ANS:  1                    PTS:   1

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