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A patient asks the pharmacy technician why the healthcare provider often refers to medications by the generic name instead of by the brand name. What is the best response by the pharmacy technician?

1.   The pharmacy will only accept a prescription written with the generic name.
2.   The physician prefers to use a more technical-sounding name for medications.
3.   There is only one generic name for each medication, but there are often many brand names.
4.   The patient needs to ask the physician to explain why medications have so many different names.

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