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Heroin - Answers Schedule I
Guaifenesin (Robitussin AC) - Answers Schedule II
Methylphenidate (Ritalin) - Answers Schedule III
Diazepam (Valium) - Answers Schedule IV
hydrocodone/acetaminophen - Answers Schedule V
Chemical names of drugs are used for which purpose? - Answers describe the exact chemical makeup
of the drug
Generic names of drugs are used for which purpose? - Answers provide a simpler way to identify the
drug being manufactured
Brand names of drugs are used for which purpose? - Answers market the drug to the public
The drug Zyrtec is an examples of what type of drug name? - Answers brand name of a drug
While studying drugs in school, the nursing student learns that the methods used to classify drugs
includes the drug's: - Answers Chemical action
Effect on a body system
Therapeutic use
Therapeutic methods include the following - Answers Drug Therapy
Diet Therapy
Physiotherapy
Psychological Therapy
Drug Therapy - Answers biological therapy that uses medications
Diet Therapy - Answers treatment with diet (e.g., a low-salt diet for patients with cardiovascular
disease)
Physiotherapy - Answers treatment with natural means of disease and injury by physical means using
light, heat, cold, water, electricity, massage, and exercise
psychological Therapy - Answers the identification of stressors and methods that can be used to
reduce or eliminate stress
Drugs - Answers chemical substances that have an effect on living organisms
Therapeutic drugs - Answers often called medicines, are those drugs that are used for the prevention
or treatment of diseases.
Biologic therapies - Answers chemicals that treat patients with disorders that attack the body's own
organs, tissues, and cells.
Biologics agents are large - Answers complex proteins manufactured in a living system such as a
microorganism, or within the plant or nimal
Drug names - Answers Chemical
Generic and
Brand names
Chemical names - Answers is most meaningful to the chemist.
the chemist understands the exact chemical constitution of the drug and the exact placement of its
atoms or molecular groupings.
Generic name or common name - Answers The 1st letter of the name is not capitalized. it is simpler
than the chemical name.
Brand name - Answers Is the unique name of a product that distinguishes it from other brands.
Brand name - Answers first letter of the brand name is capitalized. The use of the name is restricted
to the owner of the drug, which is usually the manufacturer.
Drugs may be classified as - Answers Prescription
Nonprescription drugs
Prescription drugs - Answers require an order by a health professional who is licensed to prescribe
drugs, such as physician, a nurse practitioner, a physician assistant, a pharmacist, or a dentist.
Nonprescription drugs - Answers drugs available to consumers without a prescription (over-the-
counter drugs) sold in the pharmacy, or health section of department or grocery stores.
illegal drugs - Answers Sometimes referred to as recreational drugs, are drugs or chemical substances
used for non-therapeutic purposes. this substance are obtained illegally.
Biosimilar - Answers A biologic product that is close in structure and function to an existing approved
biologic product, known as a reference product