Test Bank: The Pharmacy Technician
Pharmacy Technician - AnswersA person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and
other health care products to paitents
Pharmacist - AnswersA perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide
drug info to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. - AnswersUnited States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs - AnswersAbuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs - AnswersAbuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs - AnswersAbuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high potential
for abuse like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs - AnswersPotential abuse- low (medical usage)
,Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs - AnswersPotential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- - AnswersAbrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- - AnswersGland (adenoid)
Adipo- - AnswersFat (adipose)
Aero- - AnswersAir (aerosol)
Alb- - AnswersWhite (albumin)
Ambulo- - AnswersWalk (ambulatory)
Andro- - AnswersMale (androgen)
Angio- - AnswersVessel (angiogram)
Arthr- - AnswersJoint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- - AnswersInside of cheek (buccal)
, Carcin/o- - AnswersCrab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- - AnswersHeart (cardiology)
Cereb- - AnswersBrain (cerebrum)
Chemo- - AnswersChemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
Chol- - AnswersBile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- - AnswersUrinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- - AnswersCell (cytology)
Dactyl- - AnswersFinger (syndactylism)
Dermat- - AnswersSkin (dermatologist)
Encephal- - AnswersBrain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- - AnswersRed (erythrocytes)
Gastr- - AnswersStomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- - AnswersSugar (glucose)
Pharmacy Technician - AnswersA person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and
other health care products to paitents
Pharmacist - AnswersA perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide
drug info to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. - AnswersUnited States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs - AnswersAbuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs - AnswersAbuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs - AnswersAbuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high potential
for abuse like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs - AnswersPotential abuse- low (medical usage)
,Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs - AnswersPotential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- - AnswersAbrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- - AnswersGland (adenoid)
Adipo- - AnswersFat (adipose)
Aero- - AnswersAir (aerosol)
Alb- - AnswersWhite (albumin)
Ambulo- - AnswersWalk (ambulatory)
Andro- - AnswersMale (androgen)
Angio- - AnswersVessel (angiogram)
Arthr- - AnswersJoint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- - AnswersInside of cheek (buccal)
, Carcin/o- - AnswersCrab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- - AnswersHeart (cardiology)
Cereb- - AnswersBrain (cerebrum)
Chemo- - AnswersChemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
Chol- - AnswersBile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- - AnswersUrinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- - AnswersCell (cytology)
Dactyl- - AnswersFinger (syndactylism)
Dermat- - AnswersSkin (dermatologist)
Encephal- - AnswersBrain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- - AnswersRed (erythrocytes)
Gastr- - AnswersStomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- - AnswersSugar (glucose)
