Medications
This osteoporosis medication has a different mechanism of action.
What is raloxifene (Evista)?
This act allows pharmacists to counsel patients.
OBRA '90
This is what a tech should do first when receiving a new prescription.
What is review for clarity and completeness?
This many mL are in 5 tbsp.
What is 75 mL?
A prescription reads 500 mg PO qid. If the pharmacy only has 250 mg tablets, this is how many tablets are needed for a 24 hour supply.
What is 8 tablets?
Carbamazepine and phenytoin are this class of medication.
What is an anticonvulsant?
This is the recall class used when an inhaler is found to have no active ingredient.
What is a Class l?
This type of error may be occurring when a patient requests refills at an irregular time.
What is an adherence error?
This is where the earliest expiring medication should be placed.
What is the front of the shelf/in front of the other medications?
A prescription reads: Prednisolone 5 mg/5 mL suspension -- Disp: 100 mL -- Sig: 1 tsp tid x 2 days, 1 tsp bid x 2 days, then 1 tsp qd until gone.
This is how long, in days, it should take the patient to finish this medication.
What is 14 days?
This is the generic name for Procardia.
What is nifedipine?
This medication must be ordered using a CSOS or equivalent.
What is Morphine?
Medical device malfunctions should be reported to this program.
What is MedWatch?
This is where the plunger is drawn to if 50 units of U-100 insulin is drawn into a syringe.
A 12 kg child is prescribed 40 mg/kg/dose amoxicillin 400 mg/5 mL. This is the volume, in mL, of each dose.
What is 6 mL?
12 * 40 = 480 400/5 = 80 480/80 = 6
This auxillary label should be included when dispensing phenazopyridine.
What is may discolor urine?
If a drug causes this, it should be classified as hazardous.
What is teratogenicity?
True or False: Hand washing is optional when wearing gloves since your hands are covered.
What is 6/13/2026?
This is how much powder is needed, in g, to compound 1 lb of 4% ointment.
What is 18.14 g?
4/100 = .04 1 lb = 453.6 g 453.6 x .04 = 18.14 g
This vaccine is used for Hepatitis A.
What is Havrix?
After a negative pregnancy test, this is the time frame isotretinoin must be dispensed for a person of childbearing potential.
What is 7 days?
Name a set of look-alike, sound-alike medications.
What is (various answers)
ex. glyburide and glipizide, lithium and Librium, clobazam and clonazepam
A prescription reads: 2 tbsp qid (ac and hs). This is the daily dose in mL?
What is 120 mL?
A prescription needs amoxicillin 250 mg/5 mL, 2 tsp tid for 10 days. This is how many fl oz are needed for the 10 day supply.
What is 10 fl oz?