OTC, POM, & Pharmacy Medicines

Question 1

Brand name of Amlodipine

Answer 1

Norvasc

Question 2

Study of drugs and medications

Answer 2

Pharmacology

Question 3

Generic name of Zithromax

Answer 3

Azithromycin

Question 4

Side effects of Simvastatin

Answer 4

Headache

Question 5

Can be bought only from pharmacies and under a pharmacist’s supervision

Answer 5

Pharmacy

Question 6

A gulp from a bottle of liquid medicine is exactly one tablespoon

Answer 6

FALSE

Question 7

Substance that acts as an activator

Answer 7

Agonist

Question 8

The strength of the drug receptor bond determines the specification of the drug

Answer 8

TRUE

Question 9

The upper limit for drug size is 1000MW

Answer 9

FALSE

Question 10

What should you look for when you select an OTC medicine?

Answer 10

One that helps your main symptom

Question 11

They are proteins that bind signaling molecules also known as first messenger

Answer 11

Receptor

Question 12

Children over 12 can take OTC medicine without their parent’s permission if they carefully read the label

Answer 12

FALSE

Question 13

Acts as an inhibitor

Answer 13

Antagonist

Question 14

The drug facts label tells you what symptoms the medicine treats

Answer 14

TRUE

Question 15

In a medicine, an active ingredient is what relieves a person’s symptom

Answer 15

TRUE

Question 16

A kind of recipe book covering acceptable ingredients, doses, formulation, and labeling

Answer 16

OTC Drug Monograph

Question 17

How are prescription medicines different from the OTC medicines?

Answer 17

They may have a higher risk for abuse and independence

Question 18

General sales medicine and pharmacy medicines

Answer 18

OTC Drugs

Question 19

Diazepam, Captopril, & Rosuvastatin are examples of ?

Answer 19

Pharmacological

Question 20

It is an antihistamine used to treat the symptoms of sneezing, runny nose, and watery eyes

Answer 20

Diphenhydramine