Pharmacy Laws, Regulations, Ethics
Part of the Department of Labor
OSHA
The second letter of a prescribers' DEA number is the
first letter of their last name.
The most common solid dosage form available
tablets
consists of the brain and spinal cord
central nervous system
These drug can affect behavior, psychiatric state and sleep
psychotropic agents
Part of the Department of Justice
DEA
These drugs are not refillable
Schedule II
the breaking apart of a tablet into smaller pieces
disintegration
consists of the nerves branching off the spinal cord
peripheral nervous system
obsessive-compulsive disorder
post-traumatic stress disorder
panic disorder
types of anxiety disorders
Required pharmacies to dispense most prescriptions drugs in child-proof packaging.
The Poison Prevention Packaging Act of 1970
Name 2 examples of Schedule 1 drugs
heroin and ecstasy
Related to the eye
Ophthalmic
"fight or flight"
sympathetic nervous system
talk therapy can be an effective treatment for this
depression
1906
The Pure Food & Drug Act was put into place
The higher the C# means
the more potential for abuse
The thickness of a liquid
Viscosity
"feed and breed"
parasympathetic nervous sytem
Benzodiazepines should NEVER be taken with
Alcohol
The Controlled Substances Act of 1970 established
DEA
Controlled Substance records must be kept on file
for a minimum of 2 years
MDI
Metered Dose Inhaler
This nervous system controls voluntary actions of the body such as walking, talking etc.
somatic nervous system
Overdose deaths from opioids are mostly due to
slowed breathing