Pharmacy Current Events
In recent years, Mylan Pharmaceuticals made recent headlines for increasing the price of this life-saving drug by over 600%
What is Epipen?
Atoms for this element have the strongest attraction for electrons.
What is fluorine?
Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD)
Generic name for Advil/Motrin.
What is ibuprofen?
This government institution is responsible for regulating food, drugs, and cosmetics.
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)?
This phenomenon occurs when antibiotics are overprescribed.
What is antibiotic resistance?
In a eukaryotic cell, this organelle's primary function is making protein.
What is the ribosome?
False
Generic name for Tylenol.
What is acetaminophen?
This government institution is responsible for domestic enforcement of federal drug laws, and for coordinating and pursuing U.S. drug investigations abroad.
What is the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)?
The COVID-19 pandemic saw change in pharmacy laws and subsequently allowed pharmacy students in all years of school to administer ___
What is vaccines?
This type of chemistry involves the chemistry of carbon-containing compounds.
What is organic chemistry?
List 5 undergraduate courses that are prerequisites for pharmacy school
What is (calculus, general chemistry I and II, organic chemistry I and II, general biology I and II, microbiology, physiology, general physics, statistics, english composition, general social science/humanities courses)
A deficiency in this vitamin can cause scurvy.
This is the age you need to be in order to purchase an over-the-counter cough syrup such Delsym (contains the drug dextromethorphan).
What is 18 years-old?
The majority of opioid overdose deaths today (2023) are due to this drug.
What is fentanyl (synthetic opioids)?
The temperature at which all molecular motion stops is ____ K.
What is 0 K?
List the 3 pharmacy schools in Wisconsin.
This drug originates from the bark of a willow tree.
What is aspirin?
(True/false) A driver's license or photo ID is required to pick up all prescriptions in Wisconsin.
False; what is only controlled substances?
Celebrities have been promoting/using this new diabetes medication for its weight loss effects.
What is Ozempic/Wegovy/semaglutide?
The name of the temperature and pressure conditions at which water can be in the solid, liquid and gas phases simultaneously.
What is the triple point?
Which exam is required after pharmacy school in order to be a practicing pharmacist in Wisconsin?
What is the North American Pharmacist License Examination (NAPLEX)
This drug is a blood-thinner that was discovered at UW-Madison?
This medication is the most prescribed drug in the United States.
What is atorvastatin/Lipitor (cholesterol lowering medication)?