Gastroesophageal reflux disease

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When prescribing a proton pump inhibitor for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), the patient requests a brand name medication. The nurse practitioner correctly educates the patient that:generic medications have the same bioequivalence as the brand medication.generic medications have a lower level of purity than brand medications.generic medications contain only 75% of the active drug metabolite.generic medications produce more side effects than brand drugs.

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