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Curious Conglomerate
100
Mandated that all prescription and OTC medications be dispensed in child-resistant packages.
What is the Poison Prevention Act of 1970?
100
Law the created the FDA.
What is the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
100
The study of medications and their actions.
What is pharmacology?
100
Non-Profit Organization that publishes regulations pertaining to counseling, dispensing, and compounding medications.
What is the United States Pharmacopoeia?
100
Maximum score possible on the PTCB exam.
What is 1600?
200
Required monthly medication review for all patients residing in a Skilled Nursing Facility.
What is OBRA'97?
200
Created incentives to manufactures to develop medications that treat conditions found in fewer then 1 in every 200,000 patients.
What is the Orphan Drug Act?
200
Class of medications that prevents or inhibits coughing.
What are antitussives?
200
Chapter of USP regulating non-sterile compounding.
What is USP 795?
200
Metabolic process responsible for inactivating orally administered medication prior to reaching the site of action.
What is First Pass Metabolism?
300
Provided provisions for the prescription of legend medications for the treatment of addiction and withdrawal.
What is the Drug Addiction and Treatment Act (aka DATA)?
300
Law the moved pseudoephedrine behind the pharmacy counter and restricts the amount that can be purchased in a given time period.
What is the Combat Meth Act?
300
Only classification of medications that may be used as rescue inhalers for patients with asthma.
What is Short Acting Bronchodilator?
300
USP Chapter regulating sterile compounding.
What is USP 797?
300
Common name for trimethylxainthine.
What is caffeine?
400
Created prescription drug benefits to patients that are eligible for Medicare.
What is the Medicare Modernization Act?
400
Legislation that created the DEA.
What is the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Prevention Act?
400
This medication, if taken with 48 hours of exposure can decrease the duration and severity of the flu.
What is Tamiflu?
400
USP Chapter that regulates the handling of hazardous medications.
What is USP 800?
400
This number of people die annually from coconuts falling onto their heads.
What is 8?
500
Law that established the requirement of clinical trials and testing for all newly approved medications.
What is Kefauver-Harris Amendment?
500
Legislation that created the distinction between OTC and prescription medications.
What is the Durham-Humphrey Amendment?
500
This classification, if crossing the blood-brain-barrier can cause sedation.
What is antihistamine?
500
Title II of this legislation establishes standards and goals for maintaining patient privacy and confidentiality.
What is HIPAA?
500
By mass, this gas makes up the largest portion of the sun.
What is Helium?
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