Deck 12: Dietary Supplements and Over-The-Counter Drugs

Question 1

What is the main difference between OTC drugs and dietary supplements

Answer 1

A chemical molecule or formula that is used for the treatment, diagnosis, mitigation, or prevention of disease is called a drug. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the purity, accuracy and effectiveness of a drug. Examples of drugs are steroids, lysergic acid diethylamide, acetaminophen, aspirin, ibuprofen etc.
The supplements, which contain vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and some other effective metabolites used to regulate the disease is called dietary supplements. The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN) regulate the purity, accuracy, and effectiveness of a dietary supplement.
The main difference between the OTC (over-the counter) drugs and dietary supplements is that the OTC are more effective than the dietary supplements. The purity and accuracy of a drug can be maintained very easily than dietary supplements. A particular OTC drug can be used for treatment of a particular disease, hence drugs have more specificity. An OTC dug has uniform label but not to a dietary supplement.

Question 2

What do the acronyms GRAS and GRAE stand for

Answer 2

A chemical molecule or formula that is used for the treatment, diagnosis, mitigation, or prevention of disease is called a drug. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulate the purity, accuracy and effectiveness of a drug.
Based on the laws that were established by the FDA, a drug must be safe and effective to cure a disease. The two laws that regulate the purity and effectiveness of a drug are GRAS and GRAE.
Thus, the abbreviation for GRAS is " G enerally R ecognized A s S afe " and the abbreviation for GRAE is " G enerally R ecognized A s E ffective."

Question 3

What are the criteria for deciding whether a drug should be sold OTC or by prescription

Answer 3

A chemical molecule or formula that is used for the treatment, diagnosis, mitigation, or prevention of disease is called a drug. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the purity, accuracy, and effectiveness of a drug.
The norm for deciding whether a drug should be sold OTC (over-the-counter) or by prescription depends on a panel of FDA experts. If the board of FDA professionals decides a drug that is used without harm when following the label direction, then it can be sold only through OTC. The drugs with harmful properties must be sold over a doctor's prescription only.

Question 4

What is the main ingredient found in OTC stimulants

Question 5

How safe and effective are OTC weight-control products, according to the FDA

Question 6

Diphenhydramine is found in what three brand-name sleep aids

Question 7

What effect of aspirin might be involved in its use to prevent transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) and heart attacks in men

Question 8

What are the differences in the therapeutic effects of acetaminophen and ibuprofen

Question 9

What is the most common route for a cold virus to enter a person's system

Question 10

Which cold symptoms are supposed to be relieved by chlorpheniramine maleate and which by phenylephrine