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Define Drug "... chemicals that are introduced into the body to
cause some sort of change."
"Any chemical that affects the physiology of a living
organism."
EXPECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF 1. Safe
IDEAL DRUG 2. Effective
3. Selective
4. Reversible Action
5. Predictability
6. Easy Administration
7. Chemically Stable
8. Simple Generic Name
9. Low Cost
OTC MANUFACTURING PRACTICE Data
REQUIREMENT Product Identity
Composition
Quality
Purity: Microbes, Metal, Pesticides
Strength of Active Ingredient
PRESCRIPTION Food & Drug Administration (FDA)drug development
approval required
Drugs made legally available to consumers with a
written prescription
,OVER THE COUNTER No prescription needed
Used for common minor ailment
Used for short-term symptom treatment
FDA determines and provides safety and
effectiveness criteria
DETERMINING CRITERIA FOR OTC Safety Profile
DRUG STATUS Practical Use
Indication for use
OTC DRUG CONSUMPTION SAFETY Drug Information
/ EFFECTIVENESS REQUIREMENT Active Ingredient/purpose
Use
Warning: Before, During, Pregnancy, Child, Overdose
Directions-when, how, frequency
Other Information-precautions, storage
Inactive Ingredient
Nurse Alert:
OTC DRUGS CAN ONLY CLAIM SYMPTOM
MANAGEMENT BUT NOT CLAIM CURE
SOME ADVANTAGES OF USING OTC ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES
DRUG 1. Convenient
2. Effective self treatment of minor illness
3. Possible cost savings
DISADVANTAGES OF USING OTC SAFETY ISSUES
DRUGS May delay treatment for serious illness**
Potential Misuse / Abuse
Potential drug interaction, adverse event / harm
Limited insurance coverage
,Disadvantages of OTC Drug use a
include ALL EXCEPT
a. Possible cost savings
b. May delay treatment for serious
illness
c. Potential Misuse / Abuse
d. Potential interaction, adverse event,
toxicity
GENERAL DRUG USE MEDICINAL
1. Prevent
2. Diagnose
3. Treat
4. Antidote
RECREATIONAL
Any other self prescribed use
HERBAL / DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS GENERAL USE:
Therapeutic care
Prophylactic care
Nutrition
Proactive care
DRUG NAMES Chemical Structure Name
Trade/Brand Name (Proprietary) ™
Generic Name (Non-Proprietary)
PRESCRIPTION DRUG, HERBAL POSSIBLE INTERACTION OUTCOMES:
SUPPLEMENT AND Increase drug effect
FOODINTERACTION Decrease drug effect
Enhance drug side effect
Put patients at risk of serious medical complications
(injury, bleeding, hypoglycemia-coma, cardiac
changes-pulse rate, blood pressure, transplanted
organ rejection).
, herbal drug examples Chamomile: interact with anticoagulation drug
Echinacea: interacts with antiviral &
immunosuppresant drugs
Garlic: Interact with diabetic (hypo), anticoag (bleed)
drugs
Ginger: Interact with cardiac, diabetes and anticoag
drugs,
Gingko: Bleeding risk
(Anticoagulants-Warfarin, /Antiplatelet-Aspirin)
Grapefruit: Affects metabolism of drugs
St. John’s Wort: Decrease effect of birth control-
Unwanted pregnancy
Health Effects of Street / Illicit / Stimulant
Recreational / (SIR) Drugs ‘SIR’ Depressant
Drugs Analgesic
Hallucinogen
Amnesiac
All EXCEPT which of the following Echinacea & St. John's Wort
combination of supplements can
beharmful to a patient who is at risk
for bleeding?
Chamomile & St. John’s Wort
Garlic & Ginko
Ginger & Chamomile
Echinacea & St. John’s Wort
define street/illicit/ recreational (SIR) “nonprescription drugs with no known therapeutic
Drugs use; used toenhance mood or increase pleasure”
a drug (such as cocaine, marijuana, or
methamphetamine) usedwithout medical justification
for its psychoactive effects often in thebelief that
occasional use of such a substance is not habit-
forming oraddictive
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Terms in this set (180)
Define Drug "... chemicals that are introduced into the body to
cause some sort of change."
"Any chemical that affects the physiology of a living
organism."
EXPECTED CHARACTERISTICS OF 1. Safe
IDEAL DRUG 2. Effective
3. Selective
4. Reversible Action
5. Predictability
6. Easy Administration
7. Chemically Stable
8. Simple Generic Name
9. Low Cost
OTC MANUFACTURING PRACTICE Data
REQUIREMENT Product Identity
Composition
Quality
Purity: Microbes, Metal, Pesticides
Strength of Active Ingredient
PRESCRIPTION Food & Drug Administration (FDA)drug development
approval required
Drugs made legally available to consumers with a
written prescription
,OVER THE COUNTER No prescription needed
Used for common minor ailment
Used for short-term symptom treatment
FDA determines and provides safety and
effectiveness criteria
DETERMINING CRITERIA FOR OTC Safety Profile
DRUG STATUS Practical Use
Indication for use
OTC DRUG CONSUMPTION SAFETY Drug Information
/ EFFECTIVENESS REQUIREMENT Active Ingredient/purpose
Use
Warning: Before, During, Pregnancy, Child, Overdose
Directions-when, how, frequency
Other Information-precautions, storage
Inactive Ingredient
Nurse Alert:
OTC DRUGS CAN ONLY CLAIM SYMPTOM
MANAGEMENT BUT NOT CLAIM CURE
SOME ADVANTAGES OF USING OTC ACCESSIBILITY ISSUES
DRUG 1. Convenient
2. Effective self treatment of minor illness
3. Possible cost savings
DISADVANTAGES OF USING OTC SAFETY ISSUES
DRUGS May delay treatment for serious illness**
Potential Misuse / Abuse
Potential drug interaction, adverse event / harm
Limited insurance coverage
,Disadvantages of OTC Drug use a
include ALL EXCEPT
a. Possible cost savings
b. May delay treatment for serious
illness
c. Potential Misuse / Abuse
d. Potential interaction, adverse event,
toxicity
GENERAL DRUG USE MEDICINAL
1. Prevent
2. Diagnose
3. Treat
4. Antidote
RECREATIONAL
Any other self prescribed use
HERBAL / DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS GENERAL USE:
Therapeutic care
Prophylactic care
Nutrition
Proactive care
DRUG NAMES Chemical Structure Name
Trade/Brand Name (Proprietary) ™
Generic Name (Non-Proprietary)
PRESCRIPTION DRUG, HERBAL POSSIBLE INTERACTION OUTCOMES:
SUPPLEMENT AND Increase drug effect
FOODINTERACTION Decrease drug effect
Enhance drug side effect
Put patients at risk of serious medical complications
(injury, bleeding, hypoglycemia-coma, cardiac
changes-pulse rate, blood pressure, transplanted
organ rejection).
, herbal drug examples Chamomile: interact with anticoagulation drug
Echinacea: interacts with antiviral &
immunosuppresant drugs
Garlic: Interact with diabetic (hypo), anticoag (bleed)
drugs
Ginger: Interact with cardiac, diabetes and anticoag
drugs,
Gingko: Bleeding risk
(Anticoagulants-Warfarin, /Antiplatelet-Aspirin)
Grapefruit: Affects metabolism of drugs
St. John’s Wort: Decrease effect of birth control-
Unwanted pregnancy
Health Effects of Street / Illicit / Stimulant
Recreational / (SIR) Drugs ‘SIR’ Depressant
Drugs Analgesic
Hallucinogen
Amnesiac
All EXCEPT which of the following Echinacea & St. John's Wort
combination of supplements can
beharmful to a patient who is at risk
for bleeding?
Chamomile & St. John’s Wort
Garlic & Ginko
Ginger & Chamomile
Echinacea & St. John’s Wort
define street/illicit/ recreational (SIR) “nonprescription drugs with no known therapeutic
Drugs use; used toenhance mood or increase pleasure”
a drug (such as cocaine, marijuana, or
methamphetamine) usedwithout medical justification
for its psychoactive effects often in thebelief that
occasional use of such a substance is not habit-
forming oraddictive
