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These pharmacy standards must be adhered to when compounding a sterile products.
What is <USP> 797 ?
A prescription with a red C stamped on the lower right front corner indicates the medication is used to dispense this medication.
What is a controlled substance ?
This drug class works at the Loop of Henle, promoting urine output (diuresis) by inhibiting the reabsorption of sodium, potassium, and chloride in the kidneys, and have the common stem -semide .
What are Loop Diuretics ?
Interpret the following signa: "ii caps PO stat, then i cap q hr, max 5 caps/12 hr."
What is :
Take 2 capsules by mouth immediately, then 1 capsule each hour, maximum of 5 capsules in 12 hours.
This can be used to order Schedule I-V controlled substances without the supporting DEA Form 222.
What is the Controlled Substance Ordering System (CSOS) ?
This is the Beyond Use Date for particles that are dissolved in an aqueous substance, such as Amoxicillin / Clavulanate Suspension.
What is 14 Days ?
According to the Controlled Substances Act, how often must an inventory of controlled substances be taken this often.
What is every 2 years ?
Zoloft and Prozac are listed under this drug classification.
What are Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors ?
The pediatric dose of the medication is 25 mg/kg/day. How much medication will the patient receive in one day if the child weighs 44 lb.
What is 500mg ?
Xanax is classified as this drug schedule, as assigned and enforced by the Drug Enforcement Agency.
What is Schedule IV ?
The total amount of capsules needed to fill a prescription for Amoxicillin 0.5 g TID x 7 days, if you currently only have 250 mg capsules available.
What is 42 ?
This piece of legislation set up two categories of drugs (legend and over-the-counter).
What is Durham Humphrey ?
These antibiotics are a class of antibacterial drugs that inhibit bacterial protein synthesis. They are effective against a wide range of gram-positive and some gram-negative bacteria, and have the common stem -mycin.
What are Macrolide Antibiotics ?
Cyclobenzaprine is indicated in treating conditions of this body system.
What is Musculoskeletal System ?
Tylenol / Codeine is assigned to this drug class schedule, which allows for only 5 refills on its written prescription.
What is Schedule III ?
This is where chemotherapy products should be be prepared.
What is a Biological Safety Cabinet ?
A drug manufacturer has announced that there was an error in production and a different excipient was put into tablets of metoprolol. This excipient is FDA-approved as safe for human consumption and there is no anticipated risk to patients. This would be considered what class recall?
What is Class 3 Recall ?
Cymbalta is and antidepressant that is categorized into this specific drug classification.
What are Selective Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors ?
The number of grams of dextrose are in 500 mL if you have a 20% solution of dextrose .
What is 100g ?
** w/v% is defined as the number of grams/100 mL. Calculate using the following formula: Final volume × Percent (expressed as a decimal) = Amount of active ingredient: 500 mL × 0.2 = 100 g **
Restoril is on this controlled substance schedule.
What is Schedule IV ?
These components would be found in a total nutrient admixture (TPN). (**HINT There are 3 components**)
What are amino acids, dextrose, and lipids ?
A patient comes to the counter to purchase a pseudoephedrine product. The box contains 72 Tablets of Pseudoephedrine 30mg. How many boxes can this patient purchase in a month?
4 Boxes
**There is a total of 2,160 mg per box. The federal purchase limit is 9 grams in a 30 day period. 4 boxes of this product (just under 9 grams) would be acceptable.
These drugs, such as Coumadin, Eliquis, and Xarelto interfere with the body's ability to produce vitamin K, which is essential for blood clotting.
What are Anticoagulants ?
A patient who has difficulty breathing because of damage that previous years of smoking caused to his lungs most likely has this condition.
What is Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ?
Suboxone is on this controlled substance schedule.
What is Schedule III ?