A patient is prescribed a medication and asks the nurse if the drug is available in a generic form. The nurse understands that a generic medication will have a name that (select all that apply):

A. A generic drug name is not a registered trademark. It is a non-proprietary name, and a trademark is specific to a brand-name drug. B. Generic drug names are not capitalized. Brand names are capitalized, but generic names are written in lowercase. C. The generic name often reflects the drug’s chemical structure or its pharmacological classification, which helps identify the active ingredient. D. Generic names are non-proprietary, meaning they are not owned by any one company and can be used by multiple manufacturers once the patent for the brand-name drug expires.