A patient calls to say that he is unable to pay for the medication from a specific manufacturer that was prescribed. The health care provider gives another name for the medication and suggests the patient look for this name instead

Question

The new name was probably which of the following? a. Generic
b. Trade
c. Chemical
d. Proprietary

Answer 1

A
The trade or brand name (e.g., Tylenol) is the name under which a manufacturer markets a me-dication. The trade name has the symbol ® to the upper right of the name, indicating that the manufacturer has registered the medication's name. Acetaminophen is an example of a generic name. It is the generic name for Tylenol. A medication sometimes has as many as three different names. A medication's chemical name is an exact description of the medication's composition and molecular structure. In clinical practice, health care workers rarely use chemical names. An example of a chemical name is N-acetyl-para-aminophenol, which is commonly known as Tylenol. The manufacturer who first develops the medication gives the generic or nonproprietary name with United States Adopted Names Council (USANC) approval. The generic name becomes the official name that is listed in publications such as the United States Pharmacopeia (USP).