Community Practice
What schedule is oxycodone classified under?
Schedule 2 controlled substance
All narcotics are C2
What does the FDA stand for?
Food and Drug Administration
This IV solution is isotonic to blood plasma?
Normal Saline (0.9% NaCl)
This class of medications ends in “-pril.”
ACE-Inhibitors
Which famous TV show features a high school chemistry teacher who becomes a drug manufacturer?
Breaking Bad
Which over-the-counter medication should be avoided in patients with hypertension and can't be sold in large quantities?
Pseudoephedrine
Bonus: What is the quantity of pseudoephedrine you can have per month?
What does “HEOR” stand for in industry settings?
Health Economics and Outcomes Research
This electrolyte must be monitored closely when giving loop diuretics like furosemide?
Potassium
Albuterol stimulates this receptors
Beta-2
This drug is the most prescribed drug in the US
Atorvastatin
This vaccine is recommended annually for all patients ≥6 months of age.
Flu vaccine
During which phase of clinical trials is safety and dosage primarily evaluated?
Phase I
In TPN formulations, which two components should never be mixed directly due to precipitation risk?
Calcium and Phosphate
This electrolyte abnormality is commonly caused by loop diuretics.
hypokalemia
This drug was discovered by Selman Waksman from Rutgers?
Streptomycin
What counseling point is important for a patient starting doxycycline?
Take with a full glass of water and do not lie down right after; can cause photosensitivity
This document is submitted to the FDA to begin clinical trials in humans.
The IND (Investigational new drug) application
This medication is the antidote for heparin overdose?
Protamine
Warfarin inhibits this vitamin-dependent clotting factor pathway.
Vitamin K
This was the first antibiotic discovered, and this person discovered it?
Penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928
A patient presents a prescription for isotretinoin. What special program must be followed before dispensing?
iPLEDGE program
What is a 351 (k) drug application for?
Biosimilar approval
A patient is receiving vancomycin IV. What trough range is typically targeted for a severe infection such as endocarditis?
15–20 mcg/mL
This syndrome can occur when SSRIs are combined with MAOIs.
Serotonin syndorme
This common over-the-counter medication was originally derived from willow bark?
Aspirin