Which color-coded book helps identify substitutable brand-name drugs?

• A. Pink
• B. Navy
• C. Orange
• D. Green

Answer: (C)

Pharmacists rely on the orange-colored reference that lists approved drug products along with their therapeutic equivalence evaluations. This book is the standard source for deciding if a generic can be substituted for a brand-name drug. If a product carries an therapeutic equivalence rating of A in this book, it’s considered substitutable, meaning a pharmacist can dispense a generic instead of the brand-name while maintaining the same therapy. The other color-coded references serve different purposes and do not provide the official substitutability evaluations used to identify substitutable brand-name drugs.