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It is the art and science of preparing and dispensing medications and the provision of drug-related information to the public
Pharmacy
The profession responsible for the appropriate use of medications, devices and services to achieve optimal therapeutic outcomes
Pharmacy
a patient-centered, outcomes oriented pharmacy practice that requires the pharmacist to work in concern with the patient and the patient’s other healthcare providers to promote health, to prevent disease and to assess, monitor, initiate and modify medication use to assure that drug therapy regimens are safe and effective.
Pharmaceutical care
Goal of Pharmaceutical Care
- optimize quality of life
- positive clinical outcomes
- realistic economic expenditures
- the integration and use of knowledge, information, technology, data and automation in the medication use process.
- The practice is meant to streamline patient care and outcomes while enhancing efficiency and accuracy in the administration of medications.
Pharmacy informatics
- deals with primary, secondary, tertiary literature
- electronic information resources
- hospital and pharmacy information systems
drug information
name given by the company
Proprietary name
Brand name
other term for brand name
Proprietary name
Useful for identifying generic equivalents or products with same generic name
Generic name
Non-proprietary name
Chemical formula, empirical formula of the active components, description of the product
Product description
Identify supplier of the product
Manufacturer
Distributor
the therapeutic use/s of the product
Indication use
Proper way of taking the drug
Administration
Dosage Regimen/Dosage/Dosage Instruction/Recommended dose
The amount of drug that will produce the desired effect to most adult patients
usual adult dose
Dosage Regimen/Dosage/Dosage Instruction/Recommended dose
indicates the quantitative range or amount of the drug that maybe prescribed safely within the framework of usual medical practice
usual dose range
Dosage Regimen/Dosage/Dosage Instruction/Recommended dose
drugs administered for children
usual pediatric dose
Dosage Regimen/Dosage/Dosage Instruction/Recommended dose
Scheduled dose
dosage regimen
Dosage Regimen/Dosage/Dosage Instruction/Recommended dose
starting dose or priming dose or loading dose: used to attain the desired concentration of the drug in the blood or tissue
initial dose
other term for initial dose
starting dose
priming dose
loading dose
Dosage Regimen/Dosage/Dosage Instruction/Recommended dose
maintain subsequent administration
maintenance dose
Dosage Regimen/Dosage/Dosage Instruction/Recommended dose
the amount administered to protect the patient from contracting the illness
prophylactic dose
Dosage Regimen/Dosage/Dosage Instruction/Recommended dose
administered to patient after exposure or contraction of illness
therapeutic dose
not to take the drug, under no circumstances, if you suffer from certain illnesses
contraindication
- medicine’s important side effects
- information about nonapproved uses of the medicine.
warning
you can take the drug, but beware of side effects
special precaution
Unexpected dangerous reaction of the drug
adverse drug reaction
side effects
reaction between two (or more) drugs or between a drug and a food, beverage, or supplement
drug interaction
Dosage form available, quantity and packaging of the product
packaging
- Drug Class
- set of medications and other compounds that have similar chemical structures, the same mechanism of action
therapeutic category
a drug classification system that classifies the active ingredients of drugs according to the organ or system on which they act and their therapeutic, pharmacological and chemical properties.
Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical (ATC) Classification System
Compounding and components of the product
pharmaceutics
ADME
pharmacokinetics
Mode of action
pharmacology
overdose
toxicology
disturb the development of the embryo or fetus (Causing birth defects)
teratogenicity
Breast feeding mothers
lactation infant risk
Commonly seen in IV parenterals
Stability/Incompatibilities
the use of information science and technology to advance medical knowledge and improve quality of care and health system performance.
medical informatics
functional changes that accompany a particular syndrome or disease
pathophysiology
- subjective evidence of disease or physical disturbance broadly
- something that indicates the presence of bodily disorder
symptomatology
Something that increases a person’s chances of developing a disease
risk factor
refers to the biological pathogen that causes a disease, such as a virus, parasite, fungus, or bacterium. Technically, the term can also refer to a toxin or toxic chemical that causes illness
causative agent
causative agent is also referred to as
toxin
secondary disease or condition aggravating an already existing one
complications
treatment
pharmacotherapy
Treatment not relating to the use of drug
non-drug therapy & management
prevention
lifestyle changes
Knowledgeable both for pharmacy practice and informatics
Pharmacy informaticists
Drug information specialist
- to serve health care professionals by** answering critical questions on drug** use and its possible side effects.
- A source of selected, comprehensive drug information to evaluate and compare drugs
Drug information center
