Dosage Forms
A small, globular mass of soluble material containing a medicinal substance to be swallowed
What is a pill?
A solid dosage form containing medicinal substances with or without suitable diluents
What is tablet?
Medication given by mouth
What is oral administration?
Requires pre-market approval for safety and effectiveness of life-sustaining medical devices
What is The Medical Device Amendment of 1976?
Required child resistant packaging on all prescription drugs
What is The Poison Prevention Packaging Act?
A topical, semisolid formulation containing a pharmacologically active ingredient in a fatty base
A semisolid water-in-oil preparation applied externally to protect the skin or to treat a dermatologic disorder
What is lotion?
Pertaining to a drug that is applied to the surface of the body
What is topical?
Adopted standard code sets to be used in electronic health transactions, limited nonconsensual use and release of Protected Health Information
What is The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act?
Ensures safe and healthful workplace for employees, requires SDS to be at certain locations
What is The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970?
A system containing two liquids that cannot be mixed together in which one is dispersed, in the form of very small globules, throughout the other
What is an emulsion?
A liquid preparation in a concentrated solution of a sugar used for medicinal purposes to add flavor to a substance
Pertaining to the area under the tongue
What is sublingual?
This requires manufacturers to provide proof of safety and efficacy
What is The Kefauver-Harris Amendment?
Establishes the NDC (national drug code)
What is The Drug Listing Act of 1972?
Alcoholic solution prepared from vegetable materials or from chemical substances
What is tincture?
A semisolid oil-in-water preparation that usually contain a medicinal substance and is intended for external application
What is ointment?
Administration by means other than through the gastrointestinal tract; intravenous, subcutaneous, etc
What is parenteral?
Defined two types of medication; Over the Counter and Legend drugs
What is The Durham-Humphrey Amendment?
Pharmacists must provide patient counseling and drug utilization review on all medicaid patients (all patients)
What is The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990?
A small, disk-shaped tablet composed of a solidifying paste containing an oil-based drug, used for local treatment of the mouth or throat
What is a lozenge?
A liquid preparation of vegetable drugs, made by filtration, containing alcohol as a preservative or as both
What is fluidextract?
Feeding with a stomach tube
What is a gavage?
Indicated the mis-branding and adulteration of drugs is illegal. Requires manufacturers to follow FDA guidelines to show evidence of safety new drugs before marketing
What is the The Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938?
Prohibits the re-importation of a drug into the US by anyone else except the manufacturer, prohibits sale of samples to anyone other than those licensed to prescribe them
What is The Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987?