If a pharmacist selects a pharmaceutically equivalent drug product for a prescribed product, the selected pharmaceutically equivalent drug product may not be rated less than ___________ as documented in Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations.
a. AB
b. BD
c. BS
d. EE
Answer: AB, [South Dakota Administrative Rule 20:51:14:04].
An equivalent drug product is a drug product that is considered to be pharmaceutically equivalent to a drug product that contains the same active ingredient(s) as determined by the Food and Drug Administration in Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, 19th Edition, 1999 (orange book).
If a pharmacist selects a pharmaceutically equivalent drug product for a prescribed product, the selected pharmaceutically equivalent drug product may not be rated less than AB as documented in Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations (orange book).
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