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NURP 424 Pharm Exam 1 Practice
Questions and Answers
Considerations when prescribing: - Ans:✔✔-I: Indication
C: contraindication
P: precautions or interactions
C: cost/compliance
E: efficacy
A: adverse effects
D: dose/duration/directions
Drug approval process: Phase I - Ans:✔✔-Phase I: safety and safe dosage- how the drug is tolerated at
different doses- does not determine efficacy; studies the pharmacokinetics of the drug
(After the preclinical animal testing phase)
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Drug Approval Process: Phase II - Ans:✔✔-Phase II: determine dosage and efficacy; determine short-term
risks
Drug Approval Process: Phase III - Ans:✔✔-Phase III: controlled and uncontrolled clinical trials of safety
and efficacy in multiple settings; submit a new drug application (NDA) to the FDA
-Is it better than current treatment?
Drug Approval Process: Post Market - Ans:✔✔-Phase IV or Post market research: has no fixed duration,
further report adverse events
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 1 - Ans:✔✔-- No accepted medical use
-No legal use permitted
- For registered research facilities only
Heroin, LSD, mescaline, peyote, marijuana*(state to state)
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 2 - Ans:✔✔--No refills permitted (only 30 day supply)
-No phone orders unless you have a written one within 7 days
-E-prescribe is OK
- expires in 72hrs id not filled
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Narcotics, stimulants, depressants (phenobarbital, secobarbital)
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 3 - Ans:✔✔--must be rewritten after 6 months or five refills
-phone and fax OK
Some narcotics (Percocet, hydrocodone) Some stimulants (benzphetamine, chlorpheniramine,
diethylpropion)
Anabolic steroids, testosterone
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 4 - Ans:✔✔--same as schedule 3, penalties for illegal
possessions are different
-low potential for abuse per DEA
pentazocine, phentermine, benzos, meprobamate
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 5 - Ans:✔✔-- same as all prescription drugs
-may be dispensed without prescription unless regulated by the state
loperamide, cough meds, pregabalin
Adverse Drug Reactions: Pharmacological - Ans:✔✔-- majority of adverse reactions
-predictable
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NURP 424 Pharm Exam 1 Practice
Questions and Answers
Considerations when prescribing: - Ans:✔✔-I: Indication
C: contraindication
P: precautions or interactions
C: cost/compliance
E: efficacy
A: adverse effects
D: dose/duration/directions
Drug approval process: Phase I - Ans:✔✔-Phase I: safety and safe dosage- how the drug is tolerated at
different doses- does not determine efficacy; studies the pharmacokinetics of the drug
(After the preclinical animal testing phase)
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Drug Approval Process: Phase II - Ans:✔✔-Phase II: determine dosage and efficacy; determine short-term
risks
Drug Approval Process: Phase III - Ans:✔✔-Phase III: controlled and uncontrolled clinical trials of safety
and efficacy in multiple settings; submit a new drug application (NDA) to the FDA
-Is it better than current treatment?
Drug Approval Process: Post Market - Ans:✔✔-Phase IV or Post market research: has no fixed duration,
further report adverse events
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 1 - Ans:✔✔-- No accepted medical use
-No legal use permitted
- For registered research facilities only
Heroin, LSD, mescaline, peyote, marijuana*(state to state)
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 2 - Ans:✔✔--No refills permitted (only 30 day supply)
-No phone orders unless you have a written one within 7 days
-E-prescribe is OK
- expires in 72hrs id not filled
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Narcotics, stimulants, depressants (phenobarbital, secobarbital)
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 3 - Ans:✔✔--must be rewritten after 6 months or five refills
-phone and fax OK
Some narcotics (Percocet, hydrocodone) Some stimulants (benzphetamine, chlorpheniramine,
diethylpropion)
Anabolic steroids, testosterone
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 4 - Ans:✔✔--same as schedule 3, penalties for illegal
possessions are different
-low potential for abuse per DEA
pentazocine, phentermine, benzos, meprobamate
DEA Controlled Drug Schedules: Schedule 5 - Ans:✔✔-- same as all prescription drugs
-may be dispensed without prescription unless regulated by the state
loperamide, cough meds, pregabalin
Adverse Drug Reactions: Pharmacological - Ans:✔✔-- majority of adverse reactions
-predictable
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