Antidepressants
This SSRI is commonly known by the brand name Zoloft.
What is sertraline?
This penicillin-type antibiotic is commonly used for ear infections and strep throat.
What is amoxicillin?
This ACE inhibitor is commonly used to treat high blood pressure and heart failure.
What is lisinopril?
This schedule includes drugs with accepted medical use and low abuse potential, such as cough preparations with limited codeine.
What is Schedule V?
This law requires pharmacists to offer counseling to patients receiving new prescriptions.
What is OBRA ‘90?
This class of antidepressants works by inhibiting serotonin reuptake.
What are SSRIs?
This antibiotic class, including ciprofloxacin, works by inhibiting DNA gyrase.
What are fluoroquinolones?
This class of antihypertensives works by blocking calcium channels in the heart and blood vessels
What are calcium channel blockers?
This schedule includes drugs like morphine and oxycodone with high abuse potential but accepted medical use.
What is Schedule II
This law established the FDA and regulates drug safety and efficacy.
What is the Food and Drug Administration law?
This antidepressant is also used for smoking cessation under the brand Wellbutrin.
What is bupropion?
This antibiotic is a macrolide often prescribed for respiratory infections and is known as a “Z-pack.”
What is azithromycin?
This common side effect of ACE inhibitors involves a persistent dry cough.
What is a dry cough?
This schedule includes drugs with no accepted medical use and high abuse potential.
What is Schedule I?
This law requires child-resistant packaging for most medications.
What is the Poison Prevention Packaging Act?
This class of antidepressants can cause a hypertensive crisis when combined with tyramine-rich foods
What are MAOIs?
This serious side effect of clindamycin involves severe diarrhea caused by C. difficile infection.
What is pseudomembranous colitis
This class of drugs, including losartan, blocks angiotensin II receptors.
What are ARBs?
This federal agency regulates controlled substances in the United States.
What is the Drug Enforcement Administration?
This act regulates controlled substances and established drug schedules
What is the Controlled Substances Act?
This serious warning associated with antidepressants involves increased risk of suicidal thoughts in young patients.
What is a boxed warning for suicidality?
This antibiotic carries a boxed warning for tendon rupture and should be used cautiously in older adults.
What are fluoroquinolones?
This serious adverse effect of ACE inhibitors involves swelling of the face and airway.
What is angioedema
This rule states that Schedule II prescriptions cannot be refilled.
What is no refills allowed for Schedule II drugs?
This organization sets standards for pharmacy practice and medication safety.
What is the United States Pharmacopeia?