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Pharmacy skills Flashcards

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Handling medication

What are the 3 legal Classification of
medicines with examples?

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  1. General Sales List (GSL) - mediction you can find anywhere such as supermarkets (eg paracetamol)
  2. Pharmacy (P) - medications you can only find in a pharmacy (eg eyedrops)
  3. Prescription Only Medicines (POM) - A pharmacist can only supply POM if there’s a valid prescription issued by an appropriate prescriber
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Terminologies associated with
pharmaceutical products

  1. Active ingredients
  2. Brand name
  3. Phamaceutical form
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  1. Active ingredients
  • name of the active component of the product
  • = the main ingredient that causes the required pharmaecutic effect
  1. Brand name
  • The name given by the drug company selling it
  • The trade mark of the product
  1. Phamaceutical form
  • The type of formulated product (tablet, capsule, liquid)
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  1. Strength
  2. Total amount pr pack
  3. Route
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  1. Strength
  • The amount of drug in the pharmaceutical form
  • pr weight including units
  1. Total amount pr pack
  • The total amount of product as a number of units (eg 2 tablets) or as a volume / weight (eg 100ml / 5g) or as a single / multiple packs (eg 1 tube)
  1. Route
  • The location at which the drug is administered (eg orally)
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  1. Use(s) (indications)
  2. Expiry + batch no

Difference between expiry + use by date

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  1. Use(s) (indications)
  • The purpose for which the product has been licensed (eg to treat infection, to lower blood
    pressure)
  1. Expiry + batch no
  • expiry date assigned by manufacturer to indicate the shelf-life of the product under acceptable storage conditions
  • batch no. is an identifier assigned by the manufacturer to reflect the production batch

Expires: expires at the end of the month indicated
Use by: expires at the beginning of the month indicated

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Professionalism

The 9 standards of
pharmacy professionals

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  1. Provide person-centred care
  2. Work in partnership with others
  3. Communicate effectively
  4. Maintain, develop and use their professional knowledge and skills
  5. Use professional judgement
  6. Behave in a professional manner
  7. Respect and maintain the person’s confidentiality and privacy
  8. Speak up when they have concerns or when things go wrong
  9. Demonstrate leadership
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Medicines + errors

Uses of medicines

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Medicines can be used to:

1.Treat disease

  • Prolong life
  • Save life
  • Improve quality of life

2.Prevent disease

3.Alleviate symptoms

4.Diagnose disease

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STEROIDS

  • the good
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➢Glucocorticoids e.g. prednisolone, dexamethasone

▪ Asthma, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease)
▪ Shock, sepsis syndrome
▪ Eczema
▪ IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)

➢Mineralocorticoids e.g. fludrocortisone

▪Conn’s disease
▪SIADH (Inappropriate secretion of anti-diuretic
hormone)

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STEROIDS
- the bad

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  • Anabolic Steroids
  • Abused in a number of power sports (rugby, baseball, athletics, American football, weightlifting, bodybuilding, wrestling)
  • steroids:
    ➢ Improve strength by lean body mass
    ➢Decrease body fat
    ➢Prolong training by enhancing recovery time
    ➢Increasing aggressiveness
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ANTIBIOTICS

  • the Good
  • the bad
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The good:

➢Pneumonia
➢HIV
➢Sepsis
➢Surgical Prophylaxis
➢TB

The bad:

➢ Resistance
➢ MRSA
➢C. difficile

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Some of the processes involved
in the use of medicines

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  • Procurement
  • Transport
  • Storage
  • Prescribing
  • Dispensing
  • Collection
  • Preparation
  • Administration
  • Monitoring
  • Disposal
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How do we manage medicines?

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1.Following law

  • Greater levels of control eg
    ▪ Abusable drugs
    ▪ Narcotics
    ▪ Cocaine
    ▪ Benzodiazepines
    ▪ Anabolic steroids

2.Using them appropriately

  • Right medicine for patient
  • Avoid errors when dispensing + supplying
  • Best value for money
  • Ensure patient takes properly – via counselling
  • Non-adherence
  • medicines waste
  • Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs)
  1. Avoiding making errors
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Medication errors examples

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  • wrong / unclear dose or strength
  • wrong frequency
  • wrong drug/medicine
  • wrong quantity
  • mismatch between patient + medication
  • wrong storage
  • wrong formulation
  • Patient allergic to treatment
  • Adverse drug reaction
  • Wrong / no verbal patient directions
  • Wrong / no ptient information leaflet
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Causes of non-adherence to medication

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  • Psychological factors such as depression causing them stress = don’t take medication
  • Dementia = forget to take it
  • Financial issues cannot afford medication
  • Confusion about how to take medication
  • Beliefs eg animal products, gelatine in vitamin D capsules
  • fear about possible side effects
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