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- What branch of pharmacy deals with the preparation, dispensing, and proper use of medication?
- Pharmacy
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What is the actual title of the " blue bible" ?
Remington's the Science and Practice of Pharmacy
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The amount of medication that is administered is referred to as
Dose
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The minimum and maximum amount of a drug required to produce the desired effect is referred to as
Dosage range
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What dose refers to the least amount of a drug that can cause death
Minimum lethal
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The most common factors influencing the amount of drug given to a patient is
Age and weight
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What is the proper dose in milliliters of ampicillin for an 8-yo child if the adult dose is 15ml
6
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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
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What is Clark's rule formula and used for
- Determine child's dose from weight
- Child's weight / 150 x adult dose
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Determined child's dose if the weight is 30lbs and adult dose is 600mg
120
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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
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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
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The most common method of administering medications is
Orally
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What is the term to define medications placed under the tongue
Sublingual
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Which is an example of a drug injected intradermally
A - insulin
B - purified protein derivative
C - procaine hydrochloride
D - 2 or 3 above
B - purified protein derivative (this multiple choice question has been scrambled)
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What technique introduces a drug directly into the vein
Intravenous
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In what form are medications introduced into the body through inhalation
Gas
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Normally, how many names do medications have
Three
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Which of the following is NOT a way in which drugs are classified
A - chemical characteristics
B - their source
C - their action on the body
D - their brand names
D - their brand names (this multiple choice question has been scrambled)
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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
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Which of the following is a bronchomutropic agent
A - phenol
B - benzoate
C - petrolatum
D - guaifenesin
D - guaifenesin (this multiple choice question has been scrambled)
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What is the most common side effect of antihistimines
Drowsiness
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Which of the following is administered to control motion sickness
A - diphenyhdramine hydrochloride
B - cimetidine
C - meclizine hydrochloride
D - chlorpheniramine maleate
C - meclizine hydrochoride (this multiple choice question has been scrambled)
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What is normally given in conjunction with antacids to treat duodenal ulcers
Ranitidine
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The drug group that is most commonly used to treat dyspepsia is
Antacids
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In addition to being an antacid, magnesium hydroxide may be used as a/an
Laxative
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The standard by which all other antiseptics is measured is
Phenol
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The primary pharmacological action of sulfonamide is
Bacteriostatic
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How long should you wait to take an oral med after taking an antacid
2 hours
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What is the difference between an antiseptic and a germacide
- Antiseptic - suppresses growth
- Germacide - kills susceptible organisms
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What is a major contraindication for a patient to receive primaquine
Patients that are G6PD deficient
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The most common use for systemic sulfonamide is
Urinary tract infections
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Silver sulfadiazine is used almost exclusively for the treatment of
Burns
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The drug of choice for uncomplecated group A beta-hemoytic streptococcal pharyngitis is
Penicillin V potassium
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If a patient shows sensitivity to penicillin they may also show sensitivity to cephalosporins
True or false
True
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Milk or milk products may interfere with the absorption of which of the following drugs
A - cephalexin ( keflex )
B - tetracycline hydrochloride
C - erthromycin
D - streptomycin sulfate
B - tetracycline hydrochloride (this multiple choice question has been scrambled)
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Macrolides are effective against what organisms
Gram-positive cocci
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What is the typical back up choice if penicillin is contraindicated
Erythromycin
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Undeclyenic acid is used as a/an
Antifungal
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What drug category typically requires the patient to take supplemental potassium in conjunction
Diuretics
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What is the drug of choice for treatment and management of grand-mal seizures
Phenytoin sodium
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Prochlorperizine is used mainly to treat
Symptoms of nausea and vomiting
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Muscle relaxants include which of the following
A - methocarbamol
B - diazepam
C - cyclobenzaprine
D - methlphenidate
- A - methocarbamol
- B - diazepam
- C - cyclobenzaprine
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Water- soluble vitamins are NOT excreted in the urine and are stored in the body in moderate amounts
True or false
False
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The vitamin deficiency associated with night blindness is
Vitamin A
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The vitamin deficiency for scurvy is
Vitamin c
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What are the fat soluble vitamins
A,d,e,k
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What vitamin is used to treat pernicious anemia is
Cyanocobalamin aka b12
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What vitamin is involved with the absorption of calcium and phosphorus
Vitamin D
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The correct abbreviations for the metric system of primary units of measure for weight, volume, and linear dimensions are
g,l,m
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What is the term used to represent one-hundredth of a liter
Centiliter
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What term is used for one-thousanth of a liter
Milliliter
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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
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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%
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All pharmacies that dispense prescriptions are required to have what class of balance
Class A
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What drug incompatibility occurs when agents antagonistic to one another are prescribed together
Therapeutic incompatibility
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Eutexia is an example of what type of drug incompatibility manifestation
Physical incompatibility
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A properly administered drug dosage that has an unintended or harmful effect on the patient is the definition of
Adverse reaction
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What chapter of the p-117 gives guidance on pharmacy operations and drug control
21
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How many meds can you prescribe with a DD 1289 at a time
One
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How many meds can you prescribe with navmed 6710/6 at a time
4 unless its a narq then only one at a time
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In the prescription block of the DD 1289 which part lists the name and quantity of the ingredient prescribed
Inscription
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How many parts are in the prescription block of the DD 1289 and what are they
- 4 and they are
- Superscription
- Inscription
- Subscription
- Signa
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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
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What type of meds have the potential for abuse
Controlled
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Which of the following is a schedule iii medication
A - an antitussive
B - non barbiturate sedative
C - amphetamines
D - marijuana
B - non barbiturate sedative (this multiple choice question has been scrambled)
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What schedule of medication can never be ordered with a refill
Class ii
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How many member sit on a controlled substance inventory board
Three
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Controlled substances must be inventoried atleast
Quarterly
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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
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