ESSENTIALS OF PHARMACOLOGY FOR
HEALTH PROFESSIONS EXAM PREPARATION
PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS AND REVISION
NOTES
◉ 1970 Controlled Substances Act.
Answer: Established the DEA as the bureau of DOJ to enforce
provisions of act. Sets much tighter controls on a specific group of
drugs--drugs that were being abused by society=substances that
needed to be controlled. Include depressants, stimulants,
psychedelics, narcotics and anabolic steroids.
(1) Controlled drugs are in 5 schedules according to their medical
value, harmfulness and potential for abuse and addiction.
(2) Demands security and accountability of controlled substances;
anyone who dispenses, receives, sells or destroys controlled
substances must keep on hand special DEA forms, indicating the
exact current inventory and a two-year inventory of every controlled
substance transaction.
(3) Sets limitations on the use of prescriptions, guidelines were
established for each of the 5 schedules of controlled substances,
regulating the number of times a drug may be prescribed in a six-
month period, which schedules prescriptions may be phone into a
pharmacy.
(4) Demands each prescriber of controlled drugs register with DEA
and obtain DEA registration number, to be present on their
,prescriptions of controlled substances. Drug manufacturers must be
registered and identified with their own DEA numbers, also
pharmacists, physicians, vets, etc.
◉ 1983 Orphan Drug Act.
Answer: Gives pharmaceutical companies financial incentives to
develop medications for diseases affecting a small number of people.
This encourages companies to develop orphan drugs that would
otherwise be of low profitability.
◉ Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
Answer: Act mandates all OTC drugs a patient is taking must be
documented as part of their medical record. Pharmacists are
mandated to provide drug use review and patient counseling before
dispensing prescriptions to a patient.
◉ FDA.
Answer: Food and Drug Administration
◉ Food and Drug Administration.
Answer: Concerned with general safety standards in the production
of drugs, foods and cosmetics. Responsible for approval and removal
of products on the market.
, ◉ Removing drugs from market.
Answer: FDA does not have the legal authority to withdraw a
marketed drugs product itself. This agency will ask the
manufacturer to withdraw the drug.
◉ DEA.
Answer: Drug Enforcement Agency
◉ Drug Enforcement Agency.
Answer: Concerned only with controlled substances. Enforces laws
against drug activities, including illegal drug use, dealing and
manufacturing. Monitors need for changing the schedules of abused
drugs.
◉ Pharmacology.
Answer: is the study of the drugs and their origin,nature, properties
and their effects on living organisms
◉ Classifications.
Answer: each drug can be categorized under a broad subcategory,or
subcategories
◉ Generic.
Answer: safe, approved by FDA, cost-effective alternatives
HEALTH PROFESSIONS EXAM PREPARATION
PACK 2026 KEY CONCEPTS AND REVISION
NOTES
◉ 1970 Controlled Substances Act.
Answer: Established the DEA as the bureau of DOJ to enforce
provisions of act. Sets much tighter controls on a specific group of
drugs--drugs that were being abused by society=substances that
needed to be controlled. Include depressants, stimulants,
psychedelics, narcotics and anabolic steroids.
(1) Controlled drugs are in 5 schedules according to their medical
value, harmfulness and potential for abuse and addiction.
(2) Demands security and accountability of controlled substances;
anyone who dispenses, receives, sells or destroys controlled
substances must keep on hand special DEA forms, indicating the
exact current inventory and a two-year inventory of every controlled
substance transaction.
(3) Sets limitations on the use of prescriptions, guidelines were
established for each of the 5 schedules of controlled substances,
regulating the number of times a drug may be prescribed in a six-
month period, which schedules prescriptions may be phone into a
pharmacy.
(4) Demands each prescriber of controlled drugs register with DEA
and obtain DEA registration number, to be present on their
,prescriptions of controlled substances. Drug manufacturers must be
registered and identified with their own DEA numbers, also
pharmacists, physicians, vets, etc.
◉ 1983 Orphan Drug Act.
Answer: Gives pharmaceutical companies financial incentives to
develop medications for diseases affecting a small number of people.
This encourages companies to develop orphan drugs that would
otherwise be of low profitability.
◉ Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
Answer: Act mandates all OTC drugs a patient is taking must be
documented as part of their medical record. Pharmacists are
mandated to provide drug use review and patient counseling before
dispensing prescriptions to a patient.
◉ FDA.
Answer: Food and Drug Administration
◉ Food and Drug Administration.
Answer: Concerned with general safety standards in the production
of drugs, foods and cosmetics. Responsible for approval and removal
of products on the market.
, ◉ Removing drugs from market.
Answer: FDA does not have the legal authority to withdraw a
marketed drugs product itself. This agency will ask the
manufacturer to withdraw the drug.
◉ DEA.
Answer: Drug Enforcement Agency
◉ Drug Enforcement Agency.
Answer: Concerned only with controlled substances. Enforces laws
against drug activities, including illegal drug use, dealing and
manufacturing. Monitors need for changing the schedules of abused
drugs.
◉ Pharmacology.
Answer: is the study of the drugs and their origin,nature, properties
and their effects on living organisms
◉ Classifications.
Answer: each drug can be categorized under a broad subcategory,or
subcategories
◉ Generic.
Answer: safe, approved by FDA, cost-effective alternatives
