Side Hustle
Patients taking large amounts of narcotics may suffer from this medical condition.
What is constipation?
The primary purpose of the federal administration is to "ensure medication safety & effectiveness standards are met by manufacturers."
What is the FDA?
Calculate the days' supply for the following sig:
2 tab po tid #60
What is 10 days?
This generic medication can also be found over the counter and is used to relieve symptoms of a UTI?
What is phenazopyridine?
What should be a question all patients are asked at prescription pickup?
"Do you have any questions for the pharmacist?"
"Would you like a consult?"
This common side effect of the corticosteroid drug class is marked by a puffy or swollen appearance.
What is "moon face?
The maximum amount of refills allowed on a Xanax prescription.
What is five (5)?
IV Drip Rate is measured in this unit of measure.
What is gtt/min?
This cough and cold brand medication is also considered a narcotic.
What is Tussionex or PennKinetic?
This federal administration specifies that all hospital workers must wear closed toe shoes.
What is OSHA?
This side effect is common amongst the ACE Inhibitor drug class used to treat hypertension.
What is dry cough?
This law established the provision that all patient medical records and other personal health information must be kept private.
What is HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)?
A patient is taking 10 mL twice daily of cephalexin 400 mg/5 mL.
How many mg of cephalexin is the patient receiving per day?
What is 1600 mg?
This brand medication can be prescribed to treat hot flashes. It is made from equine urine.
What is Premarin?
This classification of recalls might include strange taste/color or faulty caps.
What is Class 3 recall?
The cephalosporin drug class can have this effect on one's Achilles.
What is a tendon rupture or tendonitis?
This law separated drugs into prescription and over-the-counter categories.
What is the Durham-Humphrey Amendment?
A patient is to receive 8 mcg/min of digoxin.
The concentration of the digoxin is 1 mg/500 mL of IV fluid.
How many mL per hour will the patient receive?
What is 240 mL/hr?
This popular loop diuretic generic medication can be prescribed to help with congestive heart failure.
What is furosemide?
Combining St. John's wort with warfarin is considered what kind of interaction?
What is a drug-drug interaction?
Bisphosphonates can treat osteoporosis, but one serious side effect can affect facial bones.
What is osteonecrosis of the jaw?
Important concepts of this act were adulteration, misbranding, and providing the legal status for the FDA.
What is the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
A pharmacist dissolved 1.25 g of sucrose in water to make 50 mL of solution.
What is the percentage of sucrose.
What is 2.5%?
Sensitivity to prolonged sun exposure is a side effect of the generic medication used to treat acne.
What is doxycycline?
What term refers to the strictest warning put on the labeling of certain prescription drugs by the FDA when there is reasonable evidence of a serious or life-threating risk?
What is a black box warning?