Pharmacy Practice 1- Exam 1 Questions With 100% Pass

Pharmacy Practice 1- Exam 1 Questions
With 100% Pass
define prescription (include what can be ordered, who it it for, and who can prescribe) -
Answers-order for Medications, Devices, or Services
issued for a specific patient
by a licensed, authorized medical practitioner

.a prescription most commonly refers to? - Answers-drug products for ambulatory
patients
who obtain prescription medications from retail pharmacy, mail order pharmacy, etc.

.ambulatory means... - Answers-out patient

.what forms can a prescription be in - Answers-written, verbal, and electronically
transmitted

.define medication order - Answers-drug orders for patients in Hospitals, nursing homes,
or other institutional settings

.what are the categories of medications - Answers-prescription, controlled,
compounded, OTC (non-prescription), complementary or alternative (CAM), herbal,
dietary supplements, or investigational new drug

.what is a prescription drug
also known as
product label on stock bottle must contain - Answers-medications requiring a
prescription
legend drugs
must contain legend:
"Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" or "Rx Only"

.what are controlled substances
also known as
who regulates them
what is required on the prescription label - Answers-Scheduled drugs(I, II, III, IV, V)
potential for abuse justifies special restrictions imposed by FEDERAL and STATE
governments
state may be more stringent (pharmacist must follow most stringent laws)
must have FEDERAL TRANSFER LABEL

,.what is a federal transfer label - Answers-"Caution: federal law prohibits the transfer of
this drug to any person other than the patient for whom it was prescribed." - found on
controlled substance labels

.Schedule I (CI, C-I)
1. potential for abuse
2. dependence
3. acceptable medical use in US?
4. examples - Answers-1. HIGHEST
2. Cannot be used safely without medical supervision
3. NO
4. heroin, LSD, mescaline, etc.

.Schedule II (CII, C-II)
1. potential for abuse
2. dependence
3. acceptable medical use in US?
4. examples - Answers-1. high
2. possibility for SEVERE psychological and physical dependence
3. yes
4. morphine, cocaine (liquid), amphetamine, methamphetamine, methylphenidate,
methadone, pentobarbitol, etc.
Some CII in combo products may be in schedule II, III, V depending on amount present
(eg. codeine)

.Schedule III (CIII, C-III)
1. potential for abuse
2. dependence
3. acceptable medical use in US?
4. examples - Answers-1. less than CI or CII
2. abuse may lead to LOW-Moderate physical dependence or HIGH psychological
dependence
3. yes
4. anabolic steroids, some barbituates, narcotics in combo with non narcotics in specific
amounts (narcotics-codeine and hydrocodone, nonnarcotics- acetaminophen, Tylenol
#3 or Lortab)

.Schedule IV (CIV, C-IV)
1. potential for abuse
2. dependence
3. acceptable medical use in US?
4. examples - Answers-1. low copmared to I,II, or III
2. low compared I, II or III
3. yes
4. benzodiazepines (valium, xanax, ativan), Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata, phenobarbital,
lyrica

, .Schedule V (CV, C-V) - Answers-SD does not have this drug category

.define compounded medications
in what situations are they used?
what is required when compounding medications? - Answers-preparation of
components into a drug product
1. result of practitioner's prescription drug order or initiative based on relationship in
course of professional practice
2. research, teaching, chemical analysis (compounded meds in these situations cannot
be sold or dispensed)

Require specific record keeping beyond regular prescriptions

.define over-the-counter medications
abbreviation and other name - Answers-may be purchased or obtained without
prescription
can be safely and properly self-administered without supervison of a prescriber and
generally not habit-forming and LOW potential for adverse effects

OTC; non-prescription meds

.describe complementary and alternative medications, dietary supplements, herbals -
Answers-CAM- things like acupuncture, massage, and chiropractic

non prescription, safety and efficiency are not established, can only claim to help
(cannot cure, or treat)

.investigational drugs - Answers-not yet approved by FDA, may be taken by humans if
in clinical trials

.Drug names - Answers-chemical name
code designation or number (used during research)
acronym or trivial names
generic names
brand names
sound alike and look alike drug names

.another name for generic name
first letter is.... - Answers-non-proprietary
lowercase

.another name for brand name
first letter is.... - Answers-proprietary or trade name
uppercase