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Factoids Flashcards

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Drug used to treat malaria

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Quinine. Found in cinchona bark.

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Legend drug

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Any drug that requires a prescription with the legends “Rx only” or “fed law prohibits dispensing w/o a prescription”

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REMS

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Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies- info and procedures that are required of manufacturers by the FDA for drugs with known risks.

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HIPAA

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

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HITECH

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The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act-strenthens hippa and promotes electronic prescriptions/medical records

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PHI

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Protected health information

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Pharmaceutical equivalent

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Drug products that contain identical amounts of the same active ingredients in the same dosage form

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Therapeutic equivalent

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Pharmaceutical equivalents that produce the same effects in pts.

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Controlled substance mark

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Mark that indicates the control category of a drug with potential abuse CII-CV

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Injunction

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A court order preventing a specific action

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CSA

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The Controlled Substance Act

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Civil law

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Laws pertaining to a wrong to an individual.

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Contracts

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Legal agreements that have duties associated with them

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Criminal law

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Laws pertaining to a wrong to society

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Liability

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Legal responsibility for costs or damages arising from misconduct or negligence

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Malpractice

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A type of negligence lawsuit brought against a person with a professional license

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Negligence

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A tort arising from the breach of the duty of care

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Torts

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Civil wrongs that have duties associated with them

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CMEA

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Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act

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Exempt Narcotics

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Meds that contain habit forming ingredients but can be sold by a pharmacist w/o a prescription

21
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Duel marketing

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A drug that has both prescription drug status and OTC status

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Adverse effect

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Unintended side effect of a med that is negative or injurious to a pts health

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Recall

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Action taken to remove a drug from market and return it to the manufacturer

24
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Ethics

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Branch of philosophy that helps determine what should be done in a principled sense

25
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Abstracting services

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Services that locate and summarize prof and scientific journals on specific topics

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Primary literature

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Original materials including clinical trials, case studies and case reports

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Secondary literature

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Compilation of original articles accessible through indexing and abstract services

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Tertiary literature

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Summarized and interpreted primary lit compiled into textbooks, compendia, review articles, and info on the net

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OSHA

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Occupational Safety and Health Administration

30
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Medication guides

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Patient handout provided to help avoid serious adverse reactions

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PPIs patient package inserts

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Product info included with the product package

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SDSs Safety Data Sheets

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Outline the dangers, composition, safe handling and disposal procedures for chemicals and substances

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Physicians’ Desk Reference PDR

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Provides FDA regulation info on prescription drugs

34
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Drug Facts and Comparisons

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Contains info on drugs in easy to use comparative tables of therapeutic groups

35
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Handbook on Injectable Drugs

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Also known as Trissel’s. Includes info on prep, storage, administration, compatibility and stability of injectable drugs

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Red Book

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Latest pricing info on bulk chemicals and prescription drugs

37
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Orange Book

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Used to determine the therapeutic equivalence of brand and generic drugs

38
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United States Pharmacopeia-National Formulary USP-NF

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Collection of 2 sets of standards

USP and NF

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Handbook of Non Prescription drugs

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OTC drug information

40
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Monograph

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Document or standard describing a drug, drug ingredient or chemical

41
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Off label indication

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A use of medication for and indication not approved by the FDA

42
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Back box warnings

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Information on a prescription drugs label calling attention to serious of life threatening risks

43
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USP-NF chapter 795

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Regulations pertaining to compounding non sterile preparations

44
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USP-NF chapter 797

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Regulations pertaining to compounding sterile preparations

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