Brand vs. Generic
This is the generic for Coumadin
Twice a day in sig codes is written as this
What is b.i.d.
This law protects patient confidentiality and protected health information, otherwise known as PHI
What is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act or HIPAA
This word stem indicates the popular class of medications known as penicillin antibiotics
What is -cillin
This popular pharmacy reference guide allows pharmacy staff to research the average whole sale price (AWP) and/or average cost of a medication
What is the Red Book
This is the brand name for oxycodone
What is OxyContin
Is the sig code for every night at bedtime or every hour of sleep
What is qhs
This is known as The mishandling of medication that can lead to contamination or impurity, falsification of contents, or loss of drug quality or potency. Adulteration may cause injury or illness to the consumer
What is adulteration
This Common word stem belongs to a class of medications known as the first synthetically produced broad spectrum bacteriostatic antibiotics known as sulfanomides
What is -sulfa
This common reference guide widely used by physicians, has 6 sections, and is a compilation of package inserts for pharmaceutical drugs
What is a physicians desk reference or PDR
This common allergy medication can be found over the counter and has a trade name of Allegra
What is fexofenadine
This is the common pharmacy abbreviation or sig code for oculus sinister or left eye
What is os
Labeling of a product that is false or misleading; label information must include directions for use; safe and/or unsafe dosages; manufacturer, packer, or distributor; quantity; and weight is known as
What is misbranding
This word stem indicates a medication belonging to the class of H2 antagonists used to treat GERD
What is -tidine
This reference book was first published in 1946 and was created for quick and accurate reference and drug comparison.
What Drug Facts and Comparisons or the F & C
This is the brand name for mycophenolate
What is CellCept
The pharmacy abbreviation qod stands for this
What is quaque altera die or every other day
This act amended the Controlled Substance Act to increase the compliance of retailers and distributors of pseudoephedrine products.
What is the Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act
This word stem indicates that a medication is a fluoroquinolone broad spectrum antibiotic
What is -floxacin or -ofloxacin
This reference guide is a comprehensive list of approved drug products with therapeutic equivalence evaluations that is provided by the FDA
What is the Orange Book
This is the generic name for the common maintenance asthma medication known as Advair
What is fluticasone/salmeterol
Nil per os or nothing by mouth is abbreviated in this was
What is NPO
This amendment gave the FDA specific authority to approve a manufacturer’s marketing application before a drug could be made available for commercial use
What is the Kefauver Harris Amendment
One can identify a tetracycline antibiotic by this common word stem
What is -cycline
This is a comprehensive list of approved biological products with biosimilar and interchangeable products
What is The Purple Book