Exam 1 Fall 2024 Flashcards
OTC drug requirements, Drug references, Nutrients
What are the 2 routes for marketing nonprescription drug products?
OTC Monograph and NDA
What is the act that regulates dietary supplements?
1994 Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA)
What is the act that required proof of safety pre-approval?
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938 (FDCA)
What is the amendment that required efficacy pre-approval?
Kefauver-Harris Amendment of 1962
What are the 7 defining criteria for serious adverse events?
- Death
- Life-threatening
- Hospitalization (initial or prolonged)
- Disability or permanent damage
- Congenital anomaly/ birth defect
- Intervention required to prevent permanent impairment or damage
- Other serious medical events
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What is the definition of dietary supplements?
Dietary supplements include vitamins, minerals, herbs, botanicals, and amino acids.
What are the general FDA criteria for a drug to be considered for nonprescription status?
- Drug can be used by consumer guided by the product label such that the consumer can self-diagnose, self-treat, and self-manage
- No health care provider is needed for safe and effective use of the drug
- Low potential for abuse and misuse
- Adequate labelling
- Safety margin
What does GRASE mean?
Generally recognized as safe and effective
What were the key provisions of the DSHEA act?
- Dietary supplements are distinct from food and drugs
- No requirement for proof of safety and efficacy
- Allowed to make “structure and function” claims
- FDA bears burden of proof for unsafe
What are characteristics of a monograph for nonprescription drugs?
- No premarket approval
- Public
- Applies to all products with the ingredient
- User fees under the CARES act
- 18-month exclusivity
- Good manufacturing practices apply
- No clinical development required
What are the characteristics of a New Drug Approval (NDA) for nonprescription drugs?
- Premarket approval
- Confidential
- Drug product specific
- Potential for market exclusivity
- Application filling fees
- Good manufacturing practices apply
- Clinical development required
What are the requirements for the drugs fact label (DFL) on nonprescription drugs?
- “Drug fact” title
- Active ingredients
- Purpose
- Uses
- Warnings (Do not use, Ask doctor before use, ask doctor or pharmacist before use, stop use and ask doctor)
- Directions for use
- Other information
- Inactive ingredients (ABC order)
- Questions and comments (optional)
What amendment provided a statutory basis of 2 classes of drugs (prescription and nonprescription)?
Durham-Humphrey Amendment of 1951
What are the 3 classes of drug recalls?
Class 1- reasonable probability for serious adverse health consequences.
Class 2- may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences. The probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
Class 3- not likely to cause adverse health consequences but does violate FDA labeling or manufacturing laws.
Who regulates OTC advertising?
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
Advertising must be truthful and not misleading
Who regulates OTC drugs?
FDA
What route needs to be taken to switch a drug from prescription to nonprescription status?
An NDA needs to be filled out. It can be an NDA supplement which is an abbreviated NDA.
What is the packaging requirement for OTC drugs?
OTC drugs require tamper-evident packaging
What is the process for adding, changing, or removing GRASE conditions from an OTC monograph?
The new CARE act allows this process to be an administrative order process that can be initiated by the FDA or the industry. It can be expedited to address safety issues.
Who regulates dietary supplements?
FDA Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition as food
What reference is availablle to find medication related issues in the geriatric population?
Geriatric Lexi-drug
What sections are required in labeling related to pregnancy and lactation?
Sections no longer include the pregnancy categories. Labelling is required to have 3 narrative sections.
- Pregnancy
- Lactation
- Females and Males of Reproductive Potential
T or F: Labeling for OTC medicines are not required to comply with the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule.
True
What is included in the pregnancy section of OTCs?
Pregnancy- information on risk summary, clinical considerations, and data.
Information for the pregnancy exposure registry for drug is included