Pharmacy Law
This is what the first set of numbers in an NDC code represents.
What is the labeler/manufacturer?
This dosage form can be used for rectal, vaginal, or urethral conditions.
What are suppositories?
This is the abbreviation/sig code for by mouth.
What is PO?
This is the generic for Tylenol.
What is Acetaminophen or APAP?
This is created to include important findings such as side effects that were reported during clinical trials.
What is a drug monograph?
This act was responsible for requiring manufacturers and pharmacies to place all medications in containers with childproof caps or packaging.
What is the 1970 Poison Prevention Packaging Act?
This route of administration requires that tablets be placed under the tongue.
What is sublingual?
This is the abbreviation/sig code for tablet.
What is TAB?
This is the generic for Motrin or Advil.
What is Ibuoprofen?
This reference guide is a source of information pertaining to average and wholesale drug costs.
What is the Red Book?
This act was formed to enforce laws concerning controlled substances and their distribution. It created a five-level scheduling classification system for controlled substances.
What is the 1970 Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act (also known as the Controlled Substance Act)?
This is the most common dosage form and can come in dosages including enteric-coated, chewable, and orally disintegrating.
What are tablets?
This is the abbreviation/sig code for Intravenous Piggyback.
What is IVPB?
This is the generic for Ativan.
What is Lorazepam?
This resource lists tablets and capsule physical identification such as codes, colors, and shapes.
What is Ident-A-Drug?
This act set requirements for facilities participating in Medicare and Medicaid programs and addressed enforcement mechanisms.
What is OBRA '87?
This dosage form is a sugar-based solution into which medications have been dissolved.
What is syrup?
This is the abbreviation/sig code for every 6 hours.
What is q6h?
This is the brand name for Diphenhydramine.
What is Benadryl?
This is a popular reference found in most physicians' offices and pharmacies. It has six sections and is color-coded.
What is the PDR (Physicians' Desk Reference)?
This is the number of grams of pseudoephedrine allowed to be purchased per month in a retail setting.
What is 9 g
This word is Greek in origin and means "side of intestine" or "outside the intestine."
What is parenteral?
This is the abbreviation/sig code for ointment?
What is UNG or OINT?
This is the brand name for Aripiprazole.
What is Abilify?
This resource is a comprehensive list of approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations that is provided by the FDA.
What is the Orange Book?