Question: Guide 7, Page 78, Number 11

[CAM]

Question: Guide 7, Page 78, Number 12

I understand how B can be an option based on the books explanation: The third paragraph describes "a dozen reports of accidental switches between Prilosec and Prozac." However, the sentence before this states that Prilosec's name was already changed before. The sentence reads, "Likewise, in 1990 the antacid Losec was renamed Prilosec at the FDA's behest to differentiate it from Lasix, a diuretic." Thus, wouldn't this mean that option B (a law forcing drug companies to name their products in ways that make confusion with pre-existing drugs less likely") would NOT help reduce the number of prescription errors as the passage provides an example of how it did in case of Losec being renamed to Prilosec?

When answering this question I wasn't sure about option as
the third paragraph describes "a dozen reports of accidental switches between Prilosec and Prozac." making option B correct.

BUT the sentence before it states Losec being renamed to Prilosec didn't even work.

[tommywallach]

Hey Cam,

You have all the right info, but you seem to be confusing it in your head. The problem with Losec was that it sounded like another drug even when it was changed. If there were a law that stopped drugs from sounding like other drugs, it wouldn't have been changed to Prilosec, because that is confusable with Prozac. It would have had some third name that didn't sound like either one. So the law would still help. Also, this is just one example. The paragraph makes it clear that this happens with other drugs, too (it isn't just about the drugs mentioned; these are just examples).

Hope that helps!

-t