What branch of pharmacy deals with the preparation, dispensing, and proper use of medication?
Pharmacy
What is the actual title of the " blue bible" ?
Remington's the Science and Practice of Pharmacy
The amount of medication that is administered is referred to as
Dose
The minimum and maximum amount of a drug required to produce the desired effect is referred to as
Dosage range
What dose refers to the least amount of a drug that can cause death
Minimum lethal
The most common factors influencing the amount of drug given to a patient is
Age and weight
What is the proper dose in milliliters of ampicillin for an 8-yo child if the adult dose is 15ml
6
What is Young's rule formula and used for
Child's age / age + 12 x adult dose.
Used child's age to determine dose from adult dose
What is Clark's rule formula and used for
Determine child's dose from weight
Child's weight / 150 x adult dose
Determined child's dose if the weight is 30lbs and adult dose is 600mg
120
In computing the amount of drug to be given to an underweight female, what adjustments must be made to the normal dosage
Decrease the dose because of sex and further decreased by her weight
A drug that is continuously given to a patient often has to be increased in dosage to maintain the desired effect, what is the cause?
An acquired tolerance from habitual use
The most common method of administering medications is
Orally
What is the term to define medications placed under the tongue
Sublingual
Which is an example of a drug injected intradermally
C - purified protein derivative
What technique introduces a drug directly into the vein
Intravenous
In what form are medications introduced into the body through inhalation
Gas
Normally, how many names do medications have
Three
Which of the following is NOT a way in which drugs are classified
C - their brand names
Aluminum acetate, an astringent, is often used to treat which of the following conditions
A - athlete's foot
B - external otitis
C - poison ivy
D- all of the above
D - all of the above
Which of the following is a bronchomutropic agent
B - guaifenesin
What is the most common side effect of antihistimines
Drowsiness
Which of the following is administered to control motion sickness
A - meclizine hydrochoride
What is normally given in conjunction with antacids to treat duodenal ulcers
Ranitidine
The drug group that is most commonly used to treat dyspepsia is
Antacids
In addition to being an antacid, magnesium hydroxide may be used as a/an
Laxative
The standard by which all other antiseptics is measured is
Phenol
The primary pharmacological action of sulfonamide is
Bacteriostatic
How long should you wait to take an oral med after taking an antacid
2 hours
What is the difference between an antiseptic and a germacide
Antiseptic - suppresses growth
Germacide - kills susceptible organisms
What is a major contraindication for a patient to receive primaquine
Patients that are G6PD deficient
The most common use for systemic sulfonamide is
Urinary tract infections
Silver sulfadiazine is used almost exclusively for the treatment of
Burns
The drug of choice for uncomplecated group A beta-hemoytic streptococcal pharyngitis is
Penicillin V potassium
If a patient shows sensitivity to penicillin they may also show sensitivity to cephalosporins
True or false
True
Milk or milk products may interfere with the absorption of which of the following drugs
D - tetracycline hydrochloride
Macrolides are effective against what organisms
Gram-positive cocci
What is the typical back up choice if penicillin is contraindicated
Erythromycin
Undeclyenic acid is used as a/an
Antifungal
What drug category typically requires the patient to take supplemental potassium in conjunction
Diuretics
What is the drug of choice for treatment and management of grand-mal seizures
Phenytoin sodium
Prochlorperizine is used mainly to treat
Symptoms of nausea and vomiting
Muscle relaxants include which of the following
A - methocarbamol
B - diazepam
C - cyclobenzaprine
D - methlphenidate
A - methocarbamol
B - diazepam
C - cyclobenzaprine
Water- soluble vitamins are NOT excreted in the urine and are stored in the body in moderate amounts
True or false
False
The vitamin deficiency associated with night blindness is
Vitamin A
The vitamin deficiency for scurvy is
Vitamin c
What are the fat soluble vitamins
A,d,e,k
What vitamin is used to treat pernicious anemia is
Cyanocobalamin aka b12
What vitamin is involved with the absorption of calcium and phosphorus
Vitamin D
The correct abbreviations for the metric system of primary units of measure for weight, volume, and linear dimensions are
g,l,m
What is the term used to represent one-hundredth of a liter
Centiliter
What term is used for one-thousanth of a liter
Milliliter
A prescription requires two ounces of a substance supplied in liters. How many milliliters are required to fill the prescription and what is the formula used
60 ml
29.57ml * 2 l
What is the formula to figure out the percentage strength of an active ingredient. And if you have 360 grams of a compound and 54 grams of the compound is silver nitrate, what strength percentage is the silver nitrate
Active ingredient / w of the compound * 100 = x%
54/360= .15
.15 * 100 = 15%
All pharmacies that dispense prescriptions are required to have what class of balance
Class A
What drug incompatibility occurs when agents antagonistic to one another are prescribed together
Therapeutic incompatibility
Eutexia is an example of what type of drug incompatibility manifestation
Physical incompatibility
A properly administered drug dosage that has an unintended or harmful effect on the patient is the definition of
Adverse reaction
What chapter of the p-117 gives guidance on pharmacy operations and drug control
21
How many meds can you prescribe with a DD 1289 at a time
One
How many meds can you prescribe with navmed 6710/6 at a time
4 unless its a narq then only one at a time
In the prescription block of the DD 1289 which part lists the name and quantity of the ingredient prescribed
Inscription
How many parts are in the prescription block of the DD 1289 and what are they
4 and they are
Superscription
Inscription
Subscription
Signa
If you feel there may be a problem filling a prescription how do you handle it
Consult the prescriber to verify the prescription before filling
What type of meds have the potential for abuse
Controlled
Which of the following is a schedule iii medication
D - non barbiturate sedative
What schedule of medication can never be ordered with a refill
Class ii
How many member sit on a controlled substance inventory board
Three
Controlled substances must be inventoried atleast
Quarterly
Class iii, class iv, and class v medications must be filled in how many days and can have how many refills every 6 months
30 days to fill and up to 5 refills every 6 months