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Chapter 5: Learning Drug References Flashcards

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What is a pediatric resource for drug dosing

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The Harriet Lane Handbook

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Name for the FDA-approved drug information that is part of the drug’s official labeling

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Package insert

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Where can you find package inserts online

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DailyMed

Drugs@FDA

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What happens when drug safety information changes

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The FDA publishes a safety communication or alert on their website

an updated PI will reflect the drug’s safety-related labeling changes

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Who provides comprehensive monographs that link to supporting evidence and references of drugs

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The American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS) Clinical Drug Information

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Subscribers to Pharmacist’s Letter receive ______

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  • monthly newsletter with summaries on new or updated drug info
  • charts
  • patient fliers
  • continuing education (CE)
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7
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What must the Drug Facts Panel include for OTC items

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  • active ingredients
  • Uses
  • Warnings
  • Side effects
  • Dosage instructions
  • Inactive ingredients
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The NDA approval process for prescription drugs is managed through who

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the FDA’s center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER)

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OTC drugs can go through the same approval process as Rx drugs or manufacturers can opt to stick to the standards in the

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OTC monograph for that therapeutic drug class

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OTC drugs that go through the NDA approval process become

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FDA-approved drugs

The OTC labeling can be found on the FDA website through Drugs@FDA and will be listed in common general drug info resources like Lexicomp & Micromedex

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Guideline for Stroke prevention in AFib & VTE

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American College of Chest Physicians

(aka CHEST guidelines)

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Guideline for ACS, AFib, HF, high cholesterol, HTN

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The American College of Cardiology (ACC)

American Heart Association (AHA)

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Guidelines for Diabetes

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American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE)

American Diabetes Association (ADA)

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Guidelines for Infectious Diseases

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Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)

HIV/AIDS US Dept of Health & Human Services (AIDSinfo)

STIs: CDC

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Guidelines for Oncology

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American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN)

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Guideline for Pediatrics

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The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)

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Guideline for Pregnancy/Women’s Health

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The American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists (ACOG)

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Guidelines for Psych Conditions

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American Psychiatric Association (APA)

Diagnostic & Statistical Manual of Mental disorders, 5th edition (DSM-5)

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Pulmonary Guidelines

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Asthma: Global Initiative for Asthma (GINA)

COPD: Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD)

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Renal disease guideline

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Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO)

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Vaccine guidelines

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Advisory committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)

CDC

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Specialty references for adverse reactions

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ASHP’s Drug-Induced Diseases

FDAble - MedWatch

FDA safety information and adverse event reporting system (FAERS)

&

Vaccine adverse event reporting systems (VAERS)

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Specialty references for compounding & pharmaceutics

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  • Allen’s
  • ASHP
  • Handbook of Pharmaceutical Excipients
  • Safety Data Sheets (SDS)
  • Merck Index
  • Remington
  • Trissel’s Stability of Compounded Formulations
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What is the name for the USP for monographs for drug substances, dosage forms, compounded preparations & excipients

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Drug identification resources

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Pillbox

&

Ident-A-Drug

26
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Resource for Drug Interactions

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Hansten & Horn’s Drug Interactions Analysis & Management

27
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Resource for Drug Pricing

28
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Drug Shortages resource

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ASHP & FDA

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Drug Substitution resource

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FDAs Orange Book (for therapeutic equivalences)

FDAs Purple Book (for licensed biological products with reference product exclusivity & biosimilarity or interchangeability evaluations)

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Resource for geriatrics

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American Geriatrics Society (AGS) Beers Criteria

31
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CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) publishes updates in what report

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Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)

32
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Which book provides immunization recommendations

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The Pink book

33
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Reference for infectious diseases

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IDSA & Sanford Guide to antimicrobial therapy

34
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Reference for HIV

35
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Reference for Travel Medicine

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WHO

CDC’s Yellow book for International Travel & Traveler’s Health

36
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International Drug Information Resources

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Index Nominum

Martindale

USP Dictionary of United States Adopted Names (USAN) & International Drug Names

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Resource for Investigational Drugs

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Clinicaltrials.gov

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Resources for IV Drug Compatibility & Stability

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ASHPs Handbook on Injectable Drugs

King Guide to Parenteral Admixtures

Trissel’s

39
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Medication Safety Resources

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FDA Medwatch

Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

NIOSH (antineoplastic and other hazardous drugs)

40
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Medication errors should be reported to

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ISMP Medication Errors Reporting Program (ISMP MERP)

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Natural products/alternative medicine resources

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Natural Medicine

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Resources for overdoses, poisoning & toxicology

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Lexi-Tox
Micromedex (previously POISONDEX)
TOXNET

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Resources for pediatrics

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NeoFax
Lexicomp
Red Book
The Harriet Lane Handbook
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
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Pharmacology resoucres

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Goodman & Gillman’s The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics

45
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Pregnancy & Lactation resources

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Briggs’ Drugs in Pregnancy & Lactation

CDC

Hale’s Medications & Mothers’ Milk

LactMed

Micromedex

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Regulatory & business development resources

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FDA Center for Drug Evaluation & Research (CDER)

Pink Sheet

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Resources for Therapeutics & Disease Management

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DiPiro's Pharmacotherapy
Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs
Koda-Kimble's Applied Therapeutics
The Merck Manual
UpToDate
48
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Which color book has a list of approved drugs that can be interchanged with generics based on therapeutic equivalences

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Orange book (FDA)

49
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Which color book has information on epidemiology and vaccine-preventable diseases

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Pink Book (CDC)

50
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Which color sheet has news reports on regulatory, legislative, legal and business developements

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Pink Sheet (Pharma Intelligence)

51
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Which color book has a list of biological drug products, including biosimilars

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Purple book (FDA)

52
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Which color book has drug pricing information

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Red Book, Pharmacy

53
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Which color book has summaries of pediatric infectious diseases, antimicrobial treatment & vaccinations

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Red book

Pediatrics (AAP)

54
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Which color book has Information on the health risks of international travel, required vaccines and ppx medications

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Yellow Book (CDC)

55
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Which color book has information on approved animal drug products

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Green Book (FDA)

56
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Which database provides evidence-based information to guide clinical decision making

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Cochrane Library

57
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Which consumer resource provides a pill identifier and interaction checker

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