Jamie Alvarez is going to fly in an airplane for the first time. She is afraid she might experience motion sickness, so she has decided to take the over-the-counter drug Dramamine. This is an example of the ________ use of a drug

A) preventive
B) therapeutic
C) diagnostic
D) all of the above


Answer: A

B) Dramamine is not used to treat nausea and vomiting once it has occurred.
C) Dramamine is not used to diagnose motion sickness.
D) Dramamine only falls under one of these uses of drugs, not all of them.

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