Medications
A doctor would use this abbreviation to prescribe a medication to be administered under the tongue.
What is SL?
This is the best way to handle unwanted or expired household pharmaceutical products.
What is given to local take-back program for disposal.
A prescriber sends the following electronic prescription to the pharmacy: Neurontin, 300 mug, Sig: 1 cap PO, #90. This information is missing.
What is frequency of administration?
This is what each set of numbers in a products NDC number stands for.
What is manufacturer, strength and dosage, and package size?
This is not a label requirement when dispensing a controlled substance to a patient.
What is the DEA schedule of a medication?
A patient presents to the pharmacy with a prescription that reads: amoxicillin 250mg/5mL oral suspensions - 5 mL PO TID x 7 days. This much amoxicillin is required to complete therapy as directed.
What is 120 mL?
The Federal government system that pharmacists and other healthcare professionals should use to report adverse effects from medication, dietary supplements, and medical devices.
What is the FDA MedWatch
This agency oversees the National Medication Errors Reporting Program (MERP).
What is the Institute of Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)?
Test strips, a glucometer, alcohol swabs, and lancets are supplies used for what?
What is diabetes?
This is when a prescription medication order list labeled ASAP should be filled.
What is quickly, but not necessarily within 15 minutes?
This is a common side effect of the urinary analgesic Pyridium.
What is Urine Discoloration?
What DEA form is associated with transferring schedule I and II substances and complying with good record practices.
What is DEA Form 222?
The pharmacy technician feels that a strength of a medication might be too high of a dose and it should be 0.1% instead of 1%. This is what the technician should do.
What is inform the pharmacist?
Calculate the days supply for a prescription written as sumatriptan 50 mg #16 I tab PO PRN at first sign of migraine aura; may repeat I tab once, not to exceed II tab in 24 hours.
What is 8 days?
This is when a third-party that facilitates the granting of credits for controlled substances.
What is a reverse distributor?
This medication should NOT be dispensed to a patient with a severe allergy to the antibiotic Levaquin.
What Act is associated with having phenylpropanolamine in a locked cabinet or behind the counter.
What is the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act?
This is the main organization that a pharmacist would consult to learn which medications are most often involved in errors that cause significant harm to patients.
What is the Institute for Safe Medical Practices?
What do the prefixes -brady and -tachy mean?
-brady = slow
-tachy = fast
Patients with hypertension should avoid this cold and allergy medication due to a drug-disease interaction that raises blood pressure.
What is Claritin-D?
Patients on this medication should avoid drinking grapefruit juice.
What is Pravastatin?
Which of the following is a valid DEA number?
MB1234664
MB2324564
MB3214663
MB4321663
What is MB1234664?
In the quality Improvement process known by the acronym FOCUS-PDSA, these words stand for the letters.
What is Find, Organize, Clarify, Understand, Select - Plan, Do, Study, Act?
A patient is prescribed atorvasatin 10 mg tabs #60 II tab daily PO with 3 refills. The patient's insurance plan has a 32-day supply limitation. Calculate the number of fills and short fills.
What is 3 fills and a short fills of 48 tablets?
Ciprodex is dispensed in a 7.5 mL bottle. Is one bottle enough for a 7-day prescription written as 4 gtt au bid?
Yes, because there will be 2 days supply left in the bottle.