Which of the following is an example of a trade name?

• A. Nitro-Bid
• B. Nitroglycerin
• C. Generic Nitroglycerin
• D. Chemical name

Answer: (A)

Trade names are the marketed, brand names assigned by manufacturers to a drug product. They’re what you see on labels and in prescriptions, often capitalized and sometimes registered as trademarks. Nitro-Bid is a brand name for a nitroglycerin product, so it serves as an example of a trade name. The generic name for the drug is nitroglycerin, which would be used to refer to the active ingredient regardless of the brand. A generic nitroglycerin product would be labeled with the generic name, not Nitro-Bid, and the chemical name would describe the molecule rather than a marketed product.