FPGEE Foreign Pharmacy

Category - Pharmaceutical

In which of the following is the brand name of carisoprodol correctly matched with therapeutic class?
  1. Soma, centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
  2. Soma, peripherally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
  3. Somnol, centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
  4. Somavert, peripherally acting skeletal muscle relaxant
Explanation
Answer: A - Carisoprodol is marketed as Soma and is a centrally acting skeletal muscle relaxant. Somnol is a Canadian brand name for flurazepam, a benzodiazepine. Somavert is the brand name of pegvisomant, a growth hormone receptor antagonist.
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