Fundamentals
"The Perfect Drug" - ANS-- Effective
- Rapid, predictable response
- No adverse effects
- Convenient
- Infrequent
- Inexpensive
- Quickly eliminated (no residual effects)
- No medication interactions
FDA - ANS-- Safety and efficacy of prescription drugs
Knowledge About Medications - ANS-- Mechanisms of action
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Adverse drug reactions
- Drug interactions
- Usual dose
- Route of administration
- Monitoring parameters (therapeutic efficacy and adverse drug effects)
Most common contraindication - ANS-Pregnancy
Most common medication errors - ANS-Wrong drug and drug dosage
Factors contributing to medication errors - ANS-- Look alike and sound alike
medications
- Abbreviation errors
- Dosing errors (trailing zero, naked decimal, drug name and dose run together, large
doses without commas)
Sources of drugs - ANS-- Plants (willow tree → aspirin)
- Animals (insulin → cows and pigs)
- Microbes (penicillin)
- Minerals (iron)
- Synthetic (aspirin)
- Semi-synthetic (ampicillin)
- Biosynthetic (insulin)
"The Perfect Drug" - ANS-- Effective
- Rapid, predictable response
- No adverse effects
- Convenient
- Infrequent
- Inexpensive
- Quickly eliminated (no residual effects)
- No medication interactions
FDA - ANS-- Safety and efficacy of prescription drugs
Knowledge About Medications - ANS-- Mechanisms of action
- Indications
- Contraindications
- Adverse drug reactions
- Drug interactions
- Usual dose
- Route of administration
- Monitoring parameters (therapeutic efficacy and adverse drug effects)
Most common contraindication - ANS-Pregnancy
Most common medication errors - ANS-Wrong drug and drug dosage
Factors contributing to medication errors - ANS-- Look alike and sound alike
medications
- Abbreviation errors
- Dosing errors (trailing zero, naked decimal, drug name and dose run together, large
doses without commas)
Sources of drugs - ANS-- Plants (willow tree → aspirin)
- Animals (insulin → cows and pigs)
- Microbes (penicillin)
- Minerals (iron)
- Synthetic (aspirin)
- Semi-synthetic (ampicillin)
- Biosynthetic (insulin)
