Chapter 14: Pharmacy

Question 1

Compounding

Answer 1

The actual mixing of ingredients to form powders, tablets, capsules, ointments, and solutions.

Question 2

Medication profile

Answer 2

A computerized record of the customer’s drug therapy.

Question 3

Pharmaceutical chemistry

Answer 3

Physical and chemical properties of drugs and dosage forms. Also known as pharmaceutics.

Question 4

Pharmaceutical industry pharmacist

Answer 4

Pharmacist that works the sales, research and development, or marketing divisions of pharmaceutical companies.

Question 5

Pharmaceuticals

Answer 5

Medicinal drugs

Question 6

Pharmaceutics

Answer 6

The branch of pharmacology concerned with the preparation, use, or sale of medicinal drugs.

Question 7

Pharmacoeconomics

Answer 7

The analysis of the costs and benefits of different drug therapies.

Question 8

Pharmacology

Answer 8

The study of the effect drugs have on the human and animal bodies.

Question 9

Pharmacy administration

Answer 9

The study of business aspects of pharmacy use and management.

Question 10

Side effects

Answer 10

Secondary and usually adverse effects of a medication or treatment.

Question 11

Pharmacotherapists

Answer 11

specialize in drug therapy and work closely with physicians.

Question 12

Nutrition support pharmacists

Answer 12

help determine and prepare the drugs needed for nutrition

Question 13

Radiopharmacists/nuclear pharmacists

Answer 13

apply the principles and practices of pharmacy and radiochemistry to produce radioactive drugs that are used for diagnosis and therapy

Question 14

pharmaceutical industry pharmacists

Answer 14

work in the sales, research, and development, or marketing divisions of pharmaceutical companies.

Question 15

What is the educational requirement of a pharmacist?

Answer 15

Must earn a Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm D) degree from a college of pharmacy and pass several examinations.

Question 16

What are the duties of a Pharmacy technician vs. Pharmacy aid

Answer 16

The technician is responsible for receiving prescription requests, counting tablets, and labeling bottles while the aides perform administrative functions such as answering phones, stocking shelves, and operating cash registers.