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10 Cards in this Set
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GENERIC SUBSTITUTION
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The act of dispensing an unbranded drug product for the drug product prescribed
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CHEMICAL/PHARMACEUTICAL EQUIVALENTS
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Two products from different companies that contain identical active ingredients, in identical strengths, in identical dosage forms
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BIOEQUIVALENTS
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Chemical equivalents that produce similar blood levels with similar therapeutic effects
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NONEQUIVALENTS
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Chemical equivalents that do not produce similar blood levels
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THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENTS
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Chemical equivalents which, when administered in the same amounts, will provide the same therapeutic effects as measured by the control of a symptom or disease
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PHARMACEUTIC ALTERNATES
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Drug products that contain the same therapeutic moiety and strength but differ in the salt, ester, or dosage form and are administered by the same route
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THERAPEUTIC ALTERNATES
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Drug products containing different therapeutic moieties but which are of the same pharmacological/therapeutic class with similar therapeutic effects when given in equivalent doses
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THERAPEUTIC SUBSTITUTION
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The act of dispensing a therapeutic alternate for the drug product prescribed
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MULTISOURCE MEDICATION
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Chemical/Pharmaceutical equivalents; the only difference is that they are from 2 different manufacturers
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MULTISOURCE MEDICATIONS:
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1-Drug products that are also therapeutically equivalent and may be substituted
2-Drug products not therapeutically equivalent and may not be substituted |