D398 WGU QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What are drug standards? - Answers -rules that drug manufactures must follow when
they produce drugs
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act - Answers -est. Drug standards for strength, purity, and
quality. Also mandated that drugs with with dangerous ingredients be labeled as such
1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Answers -established the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), which is meant to enforce rules such as labeling, drug approval
before release, and warning labels
1970 Controlled Substances Act - Answers -Act established the Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA). This act set strict standards for abused drugs and required prescribers
to register with the DEA. The DEA enforces the laws included in this act.
Medication guides - Answers -paper handouts that come with many prescription
medicines. The guides address issues specific to particular drugs and drug classes, and
they contain FDA-approved information that can help patients avoid serious adverse
events.
Controlled substances - Answers -drug that is further categorized into 5 schedules
based on the risk of dependence and abuse
What are drug classes? - Answers -drug categories based on how they work or their
mechanism of action
What are the drug classifications? - Answers -broadly categorizing drugs based on their
therapeutic uses or how they affect the body
What are the 3 identifies of drugs? - Answers -chemical name, generic name,
trade/brand name
What is a chemical name ? - Answers -exact molecular formula of the drug, long, very
difficult to pronounce
What is a generic name? - Answers -the common or general identifying name assigned
to a drug, NEVER capitalized, broad
Examples of generic names of drugs - Answers -simvastatin, clonazepam, propranolol.
Same suffix
What is a trade name? - Answers -the brand name pharmaceutical companies use to
market drugs, First letter is capitalized , specific
Examples of trade name of dugs? - Answers -zocar, klonopin, inderal
, Specific names
What are the legal classifications of dugs? - Answers -prescription drugs,
nonprescription drugs, controlled substances
Prescription drugs - Answers -drugs that can only be used with a prescription and under
the supervision of a medical provider.
Examples : antidiabetic metformin (Glucophage) and the antibiotic amoxicillin (Amoxil)
Nonprescription drugs - Answers -known as over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, do not
require a prescription or medical supervision because the FDA determines them to have
a low chance of harm to the public.
Examples: pain reliever acetaminophen (Tylenol) and the antihistamine
diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
Controlled substances - Answers -drugs that have high abuse potential, limited medical
uses, or high dependence liability. Controlled substances are further categorized by the
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) into five schedules.
Drug References - Answers -resources offering information about medication and the
conditions they treat
What to remember when reviewing drugs - Answers -action, contraindication, indication
What is action of a drug? - Answers -the changes that occur in the body as a result the
drug
What are contraindications of drugs - Answers -the circumstances or populations in
which a drug should be avoid
What are indication of drugs - Answers -a drugs intended therapeutic purpose or use
Enteral dosage forms - Answers -medications delivered orally (by mouth), nasogastric
(Tube up nose and down the stomach), and rectal (rectum), absorbed somewhere along
the GI tract
What are the examples of enteral dosage forms - Answers -tablets, capsules, lozenges,
liquids that must be swallowed by mouth to be absorbed from the stomach/intestines
Tablets are ... - Answers -compressed disks of a drug, enteric-coated tablets possess a
special coating that resist disintegration in the stomach.
What are drug standards? - Answers -rules that drug manufactures must follow when
they produce drugs
1906 Pure Food and Drug Act - Answers -est. Drug standards for strength, purity, and
quality. Also mandated that drugs with with dangerous ingredients be labeled as such
1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act - Answers -established the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), which is meant to enforce rules such as labeling, drug approval
before release, and warning labels
1970 Controlled Substances Act - Answers -Act established the Drug Enforcement
Agency (DEA). This act set strict standards for abused drugs and required prescribers
to register with the DEA. The DEA enforces the laws included in this act.
Medication guides - Answers -paper handouts that come with many prescription
medicines. The guides address issues specific to particular drugs and drug classes, and
they contain FDA-approved information that can help patients avoid serious adverse
events.
Controlled substances - Answers -drug that is further categorized into 5 schedules
based on the risk of dependence and abuse
What are drug classes? - Answers -drug categories based on how they work or their
mechanism of action
What are the drug classifications? - Answers -broadly categorizing drugs based on their
therapeutic uses or how they affect the body
What are the 3 identifies of drugs? - Answers -chemical name, generic name,
trade/brand name
What is a chemical name ? - Answers -exact molecular formula of the drug, long, very
difficult to pronounce
What is a generic name? - Answers -the common or general identifying name assigned
to a drug, NEVER capitalized, broad
Examples of generic names of drugs - Answers -simvastatin, clonazepam, propranolol.
Same suffix
What is a trade name? - Answers -the brand name pharmaceutical companies use to
market drugs, First letter is capitalized , specific
Examples of trade name of dugs? - Answers -zocar, klonopin, inderal
, Specific names
What are the legal classifications of dugs? - Answers -prescription drugs,
nonprescription drugs, controlled substances
Prescription drugs - Answers -drugs that can only be used with a prescription and under
the supervision of a medical provider.
Examples : antidiabetic metformin (Glucophage) and the antibiotic amoxicillin (Amoxil)
Nonprescription drugs - Answers -known as over-the-counter (OTC) drugs, do not
require a prescription or medical supervision because the FDA determines them to have
a low chance of harm to the public.
Examples: pain reliever acetaminophen (Tylenol) and the antihistamine
diphenhydramine (Benadryl)
Controlled substances - Answers -drugs that have high abuse potential, limited medical
uses, or high dependence liability. Controlled substances are further categorized by the
Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) into five schedules.
Drug References - Answers -resources offering information about medication and the
conditions they treat
What to remember when reviewing drugs - Answers -action, contraindication, indication
What is action of a drug? - Answers -the changes that occur in the body as a result the
drug
What are contraindications of drugs - Answers -the circumstances or populations in
which a drug should be avoid
What are indication of drugs - Answers -a drugs intended therapeutic purpose or use
Enteral dosage forms - Answers -medications delivered orally (by mouth), nasogastric
(Tube up nose and down the stomach), and rectal (rectum), absorbed somewhere along
the GI tract
What are the examples of enteral dosage forms - Answers -tablets, capsules, lozenges,
liquids that must be swallowed by mouth to be absorbed from the stomach/intestines
Tablets are ... - Answers -compressed disks of a drug, enteric-coated tablets possess a
special coating that resist disintegration in the stomach.
