Routes, SIGs, & Medical Terminology
This term refers to any route of administration that bypasses the gastrointestinal tract, most commonly including intravenous (IV) and intramuscular (IM) injections.
What is Parenteral?
Based on their generic stem, medications ending in "-statin" (such as atorvastatin) are primarily prescribed to lower this substance in the blood.
What is cholesterol (lipids/HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors)?
This specific type of drug interaction occurs when a patient consumes certain foods or beverages (such as grapefruit juice or Vitamin K-rich greens) that alter a drug's effect.
What is a Drug-Nutrient interaction?
This federal law mandates that most prescription medications must be dispensed in child-resistant safety caps unless explicitly requested otherwise by the patient or prescriber.
What is the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA)?
This specific USP chapter governs the rigorous environmental standards, testing, and practices required for sterile compounding.
What is USP <797>?
This specific type of injection route delivers medication directly into the fatty tissue located just beneath the top layers of the skin.
What is Subcutaneous (SubQ)?
Generic drug names carrying the stem "-dronate" (such as alendronate/Fosamax) belong to this drug class used to treat and prevent osteoporosis.
What are bisphosphonates?
Brand-name Coumadin (warfarin) belongs to this classification of medications, which carries a primary risk profile involving excessive bleeding.
What are anticoagulants (blood thinners)?
This federal legislation established the modern Part D prescription drug benefit program under Medicare.
What is the Medicare Modernization Act?
This specialized airflow equipment uses a HEPA filter to provide a clean work zone for preparing sterile IV admixtures while blowing air toward the operator.
What is a Laminar Airflow Hood (LAFH)?
Translated from Latin sig codes, this instruction (1 tab PO BID AC) means the patient should take the medication by mouth twice daily under this condition.
What is before meals?
Medications featuring the generic stem "-triptan" are commonly prescribed for the acute treatment of this debilitating neurological headache condition.
What are migraines?
The brand name Zofran (ondansetron) is clinically indicated for preventing and treating this uncomfortable symptom.
What is nausea and vomiting (emesis)?
This specific type of pharmacy waste includes expired stock, returned medications, or dropped pills that cannot be dispensed and must be disposed of properly.
What is pharmaceutical waste?
This specialized metal or porcelain tool is used alongside an ointment slab to thoroughly mix, grind, and blend semi-solid compounding ingredients.
What is a spatula?
This branch of pharmacology focuses specifically on the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants and other natural sources.
What is Pharmacognosy?
Brand-name drugs like Advair, ProAir, and Flonase all share this primary targeted organ system or disease state for management.
What is the respiratory system (asthma/COPD/allergies)?
This term describes the pharmaceutical requirement that two drug products contain the exact same active ingredient, strength, concentration, dosage form, and route of administration.
What is Pharmaceutical Equivalence?
This comprehensive reference text contains detailed monograph-style information on thousands of prescription and OTC drugs, organized by therapeutic use and drug comparisons.
What is Drug Facts and Comparisons?
According to USP <795>, this is the maximum default Beyond Use Date (BUD) for a water-containing oral formulation (like a reconstituted suspension) stored strictly in a refrigerator.
What is 14 days?
This pharmacokinetic term describes what the body does to a drug, encompassing its absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion (ADME).
What is Pharmacokinetics?
Generic drug names carrying the prefix or stem "Nitr-" (such as nitroglycerin) are utilized to treat this specific cardiac condition.
What is angina (chest pain)?
When a patient is prescribed an ACE inhibitor like lisinopril and simultaneously starts potassium supplements, this specific category of interaction must be flagged.
What is a Drug-Drug interaction?
This advanced technology standard directly improves patient safety by eliminating handwritten transcription errors, checking formulary status, and sending orders straight to the pharmacy database.
What is Electronic Prescribing (E-prescribing)?
This specific type of advanced compounding chapter oversees the handling, containment, and preparation of medications classified as hazardous drugs.
What is USO <800>?