Medication Flashcards
What are medications?
Medications are substances that when put into or onto the body will change one or more ways the body works. Medications are used to treat illness, disease, pain or behavior.
What is the goal for when a medication is prescribed?
That the person’s symptoms will lessen and their quality of life will improve.
What are important observations?
Desired effects and side effects
What are brand name medications?
A medication created and made by a specific pharmaceutical company. When a pharmaceutical company creates a medication they are allowed to name it. The only way to receive a brand name from the pharmacist is for the Health Care Provider (HCP) to include ‘no substitution’ at the bottom of the prescription form.
What are generic Medications?
Medications known by their chemical name and are manufactured by many different pharmaceutical companies. Generic medication is similar to its brand name medication but is less expensive; the name is different and may have a different color, marking, shape, and/or size
What does IC mean?
Abbreviation for ‘interchange’. This means the generic name medication was supplied by the pharmacy in place of the brand name medication.
What are all prescription medications known as?
Controlled substances. This means a prescription from a HCP is required to obtain the medication from a pharmacy.
What are Controlled substances are placed into?
Schedules. The schedules are numbered as Roman numerals; II, III, IV, V and VI. The schedule a substance is placed in is based on its abuse potential, and when abused, its chance of causing dependence.
What are the three categories of medications?
•Controlled (Schedule VI)
•Countable Controlled (Schedule II-V)
•Over-the-Counter (OTC)
What are Controlled medications (schedule VI)?
A medication that requires a prescription, submitted by the HCP, in order to obtain the medication from a pharmacy. The pharmacist uses the information on the prescription to prepare and label the medication.
Examples of controlled medications include antibiotics (Amoxicillin), antidepressants (Prozac) and antipsychotics (Haldol)
What are the requirements for Controlled Medications?
•A HCP order for administration
•Labeled and packaged by the pharmacy
In a bottle or
-May be in a tamper resistant package
•Secured in a key locked area
•Tracked using a
°Medication Ordering/Receiving log
°Medication sheet
-Where the medication is documented after administration
°Medication Release Document
°DPH Disposal Record
What are Countable controlled medication (schedule II-V)?
Medications sometimes called narcotics. Due to the high risk for these medications to be stolen and abused, countable controlled medications have additional security measures in place.
What are Countable controlled medication requirements?
•A prescription, written by the HCP, in order to obtain the medication from a pharmacy.
°The pharmacist uses the information on the prescription to prepare and label the medication.
•The only packaging option is tamper resistant packaging.
•The pharmacy must also add an ‘identifier’ on the package to alert you that it is a countable controlled medication °Identifier examples include a ‘C’ stamped on the package, an Rx (prescription) number that may start with a ‘C’ or an ‘N’ or the package itself may be color coded.
°In the event the pharmacy has no obvious identifier, the pharmacist must be contacted for assistance in determining which medications delivered are countable controlled.
How are Countable controlled medications stored?
•Secured in a double key locked area
°A key lock within a key lock
•The reason for a double key locked storage area is to maintain medication security
How are Countable controlled medications tracked?
-Medication Ordering/Receiving log
-Count Book
•Added into a Count Book as medications come into the program
•Subtracted from a Count Book as medications are removed from the package or transferred
-Medication sheet
•Where the medication is documented after administration
-Medication Release Document
-DPH Disposal Record
