Medications
Pharmacy Related Organizations
Common Compounding Equipment
Medications pt. 2
Miscellaneous
100
This medication (typically taken once per week) is used to treat Osteoporosis
What is Fosamax (alendronate)?
100
This organization responsible for supervising and enforcing laws related to the use and sale of legal (and illegal) controlled substances, which are defined as having the potential for abuse and physical or psychological dependence.
What is the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)?
100
This is a plate made of glass, which is smooth, hard, and nonabsorbent and used to evenly mix the ingredients of an ointment or cream
What is an ointment or compounding slab?
100
This contraceptive is only available as a vaginal insert
What is NuvaRing?
100
All of the following are examples of this commonly used equipment type: gloves, face mask, isolation gown, shoe covers, head cover, etc...
What is Personal Protective Equipment or PPE?
200
Metoprolol tartrate is and example of a medication that falls under this classification of medication
What is beta blocker?
200
This organization publishes a Do Not Use list of abbreviations for prescribers in the healthcare facilities that seek to gain or maintain accreditation, and this influences all prescribers
What is The Joint Commission?
200
This a two-pan mechanical balance that uses weights of various sizes to weigh small amounts of materials
What is a Class A prescription balance?
200
Patient's taking this medication commonly used for insomnia should avoid sun exposure to prevent adverse effects
What is Desyrel (trazodone)?
200
This is the act of knowingly submitting false or misrepresented claims to obtain a payment one is not otherwise entitled to, such as submitting a claim for prescriptions that will not be dispensed to the patient
What is fraud?
300
If a patient is allergic to fish they should avoid taking this common triglyceride lowering brand name medication.
What is Lovaza?
300
This is the best way to safely dispose of most types of unneeded or expired prescription or OTC medications and generally come in two kinds: permanent collection locations and sites, such as certain pharmacies, and biannual national events sponsored by the DEA with help from local law enforcement.
What are Drug Take Back Programs/Initiatives?
300
This is used to transfer solid dosage forms to weighing pans and for other tasks, such as preparing ointments and creams or loosening material from the surface of a mortar and transferring to a container.
What is a spatula?
300
This auxiliary label should be placed on NSAID prescriptions to inform the patient of ways to minimize the risk of GI bleeding while taking
What is take with food or milk?
300
This is a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy designed for isotretinoin and related drugs to prevent birth defects and to educate all patients on the drugs’ risks and proper use.
What is iPLEDGE? 
400
Syncope or fainting is a common side effect of this brand name medication used to treat benign prostatic hyperplasia
What is Flomax?
400
This is a voluntary program run by the FDA that offers healthcare professional and consumers an avenue to anonymously report a serious adverse event associated with a specific drug, biologic, medical device, or another FDA regulated product.
What is MedWatch?
400
This is a common PEC has a HEPA filter typically positioned at the back and is used for nonhazardous sterile compounding.
What is a horizontal laminar airflow workbench, or horizontal IV hood.
400
This generic name medication, available as a tablet, orally disintegrating tablet, and solution, is used to treat nausea and vomiting in different populations of people
What is ondansetron?
400
This common reference guide is officially known as the Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations. It lists the drugs and doses that may be safely substituted.
What is the Orange Book?
500
This medication is commonly used to increase the amount of uric acid output by the kidneys
What is probenecid?
500
This is a major nongovernmental agency involved in medication safety efforts which include developing a list of commonly confused medication names (look a like sound a like) and high alert medications
What is the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)?
500
This is a type of medication vial that contains preservatives to ensure safety and sterility over a longer period of time after the initial opening.
What is a multiple dose vial?
500
These medications are synthetic narcotics that offer opium-like effects of reduced perception of and reaction to pain and increased pain tolerance
What are opioids?
500
This is the number of days that should be assigned to non-preserved aqueous dosage forms when compounded according to nonsterile compounding guidelines.
What is 14 days?