The nurse is taking care of a man who is confused about the different medications he is prescribed. He notes that some of the drug names have changed over the course of time he has been taking them. When counseling him, it is most important to keep the following statement in mind:
A) A drug can belong to only one group or classification
B) A prototype drug is the standard by which similar drugs are compared
C) Drug groups and prototypes change frequently, and knowledge about a prototype cannot guide knowledge about other drugs in the same class
D) The generic name of a drug changes among manufacturers
Answer: B) A prototype drug is the standard by which similar drugs are compared
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