HISTORY & PHARMACY DUTIES
These early pharmacy professionals prepared medications and remedies.
What are apothecaries?
This federal agency regulates drug approval and drug safety.
What is the FDA?
This FDA reference provides therapeutic equivalence evaluations.
What is the Orange Book?
In this dosage form, the ingredients are dissolved in a liquid.
What is a solution?
This controlled-substance schedule has no currently accepted medical use under federal law and has a high potential for abuse.
What is Schedule I?
What #___ Order." This DEA form is the paper order form used for Schedule I and II controlled substances.
What is DEA Form 222?
This 1906 law addressed adulteration and misbranding of drugs.
What is the Pure Food and Drugs Act?
This federal agency enforces controlled-substance laws.
What is the DEA?
This pharmacy reference provides drug pricing information.
What is the Red Book?
This liquid dosage form contains particles dispersed throughout the liquid and usually requires shaking.
What is a suspension?
Prescriptions in this controlled-substance schedule cannot be refilled.
What is Schedule II?
Think #_ _ _ Theft/Loss." This DEA form is associated with reporting theft or significant loss of controlled substances.
What is DEA Form 106?
This 1938 law required evidence of drug safety before new drugs could be marketed.
What is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act?
This agency addresses workplace safety and occupational hazards.
What is OSHA?
This reference contains official standards for drug quality.
What is the USP–NF?
These two types of dosage forms generally should not be crushed.
What are extended-release and enteric-coated products?
Under federal law, prescriptions in these two schedules may have up to 5 refills within 6 months after the prescription is issued.
What are Schedules III and IV?
Think "#_ _ = Destruction." This DEA form documents applicable controlled-substance destruction.
What is DEA Form 41?
This 1951 amendment clarified the difference between prescription and over-the-counter medications.
What is the Durham-Humphrey Amendment?
This agency regulates pharmacy practice in Texas.
What is the Texas State Board of Pharmacy (TSBP)?
This resource provides current drug labeling information.
What is DailyMed?
This abbreviation describes medications with similar names or appearances that can easily be confused.
What is LASA (Look-Alike/Sound-Alike)?
Adderall belongs to this controlled-substance schedule.
What is Schedule II?
This term means redirecting medications from their intended legal use to unauthorized use.
What is diversion?
This pharmacy professional provides clinical judgment, counsels patients, and performs final prescription verification.
Who is the pharmacist?
This federal law protects patients' health information and privacy.
What is HIPAA?
A stock bottle contains "500 mg tablets, 100 tablets." The 500 mg represents this information.
What is the drug strength?
For small oral liquid doses, this measuring device provides more accurate measurement than a household spoon.
What is an oral syringe?
Testosterone belongs to this controlled-substance schedule.
What is Schedule III?
This term describes symptoms that may occur when a substance is reduced or stopped.
What is withdrawal?