What is a common characteristic of therapeutic equivalents?

Therapeutic equivalents are defined as products that have the same therapeutic effects when administered to patients. This means that they achieve the same clinical outcome and can be considered interchangeable in their intended use. The concept of therapeutic equivalence often pertains to generic medications that are compared to their brand-name counterparts. While they may differ in some aspects, such as inactive ingredients or the specific formulation, the key characteristic is that they produce similar effects in treating a condition.

The other choices describe aspects that do not define therapeutic equivalence in the same way. For instance, different active ingredients would not be considered therapeutically equivalent as they do not provide the same therapeutic effects. Same dosing frequency can vary between formulations and does not guarantee therapeutic equivalence. Similarly, the same inactive ingredients are not a necessary condition for therapeutic equivalence since such components typically do not affect the therapeutic outcome or efficacy of the drug.