Chapter 1
History of Pharmacy and Medicine
History of Pharmacy and Medicine
He is considered to be "The Father of Medicine"
Who is Hippocrates ?
Federal patient consultation laws were mandated by this Act of 1990, and were directed toward individuals who received medical coverage under Medicaid.
What is the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (OBRA 90) ?
This is the first letter in the DEA number of prescribers who are qualified to prescribe medication to treat opioid addiction, including Suboxone and Buprenorphine.
What is "X" ?
These are the three major broad categories of dosage forms of medications dispensed in pharmacy settings.
What are solids, semisolids, & liquids?
Altace, used to treat hypertension, is classified into this specific group of antihypertensives.
What are Angiotensin Converting Enzymes (ACE) ?
The first vaccine, developed in 1796, was for the prevention of this condition / disease.
What is Smallpox ?
This agency, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is responsible for ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biologic products, medical devices, the national food supply, cosmetics, and radioactive products.
What is the Food and Drug Administration ?
This medication is covered under the I-Pledge program, leading to various requirements needing met before receiving s prescription (Ex: pregnancy testing and 7 day window for Rx pick up for females).
What is Accutane (Isotretinoin)?
In Pharmacokinetics, this is the process by which the body affect the drug. {Its acronym is ADME}
What is
Absorption
Distribution
Metabolism
Elimination (Excretion) ?
Calan, used in the treatment of hypertension, is classified into this group of drugs, for its chemical ability to aid in lowering blood pressure.
What is Calcium Channel Blocker (CCB) ?
Until the 1900's, medicinal recipes were written in this language.
What is Latin ?
This amendment required the labeling, “Caution: Federal law prohibits dispensing without a prescription”.
What is the "1951 Durham-Humphrey Amendment"?
This organization is the leader in providing course objective for pharmacy technicians, accrediting all educational facilities working to prepare future technicians for their certification.
What is American Society of Health System Pharmacists (ASHP)?
The time is takes the body to break down and excrete one half of the medication and plasma concentration of the medication to decrease by 50%.
What is half-life?
What is a Penicillin antibiotic?
This was the name of the first pharmacy school in the United States, which opened in 1821.
What is The College of Pharmacy and Sciences in Philadelphia ?
This act, placed into effect in 1970, involved the setup of the five-level schedule of controlled substances, which bases each level on each drug's potential for abuse. The schedules are enforced by the Drug Enforcement Agency, even today.
What is the 1970 Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act ?
This allows the checking of a technician’s order filling by a certified pharmacy technician (CPhT) instead of a pharmacist.
What is Tech-Check Tech?
This is a mixture of two or more immiscible liquids; one liquid is dispersed throughout the other.
What is emulsion?
Aldactone, which falls into this drug classification, works by removing excess fluid from the extremities, making it easier for arteries to dilate, allowing better blood flow to and from the heart.
What is Potassium Sparing Diuretic?
He is known to be "The Father of Genetics", based on discoveries related to to the basic principles of heredity, through his experiments with pea plants, which led to what is now called Mendelian Genetics.
Who is Gregor Mendel ?
This DEA form is needed to destroy damaged, outdated, or unwanted controlled substances.
What is DEA Form 41?
This group of individuals, made up of pharmacy regulatory boards from all U.S. states and jurisdictions, oversees the State Boards of Pharmacy (BOPs).
What is the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP)?
This term refers to the proportion of the drug that is delivered to its destination and is available to the site of action for which it was intended.
What is bioavailability?
Bystolic is grouped into this drug classification, which decreases the heart rate and aids in lowering blood pressure in the body.
What is Beta Blocker ?