Chapter 2
Overall rules that are passed by the
legislative branches of federal,
state, and local governments to
guide conduct
Laws
The appropriate uses of drugs for targeted medicinal
purposes
Therapeutics
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Makes up for over 70 percent of prescriptions sent to the pharmacy
E-Prescriptions
Private, Non-government insurance, paid by individual or employer-paid
Commercial insurance
Following a code of high
professional standards
Ethics
common intended uses for drug
Indication
0.5g = ____mg
500mg
A prescription typically dropped off at the pharmacy
Written Prescriptions
Organization other than patient or healthcare
provider who is involved in paying for medical
Third Party
Created to combat and control drug abuse, also created the federal DEA
Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control
Act of 1970 (Or Controlled Substances Act)
Both pharmaceutically and therapeutically equivalent
Bioequivalent
What position is the number 9 in?
1237.2394
thousandths
information in a patient profile such as child or non–child-resistant containers,
generic substitutions, large-print labels
Prescription preferences
Dollar amount of medical costs that must be paid
by the patient/family before the full coverage
of the insurance kicks-in
Deductible
Sets the standards for drug compounding
US Pharmacopeial Convention
(USP)
Lists all drug products FDA considers
to be (or not to be) therapeutically
equivalent to other pharmaceutically
equivalent products
The Orange Book
Convert 12% to a fraction and simplify
3/25
A small, colorful label that is added to
a dispensed medication to
supplement directions on the
medication container labe
Auxiliary Label
Covers low-income people and their dependents, administered by individual state programs
Medicaid
USP-NF General Chapter that addresses nonsterile
compounding standards.
Chapter 795
Antianxiety medications like lorazepam (Ativan), diazepam (Valium), clonazepam, alprazolam
Benzodiazepines
Convert 28lbs to kg
12.7 kg
Provided with certain high-risk drugs to warn of a potential adverse reaction or of the proper use
of a medication with a special dosage formulation.
Medication Guide (MedGuide)
Covers people 65+ years old and disabled people, administered by federal government
Medicare