PRELIM 01 - History

Question 1

Pharmacopoeia originating from Great Britain; formed by combining London, Edinburgh, and Dublin’s pharmacopoeias in 1864

Answer 1

British Pharmacopoeia

Question 2

First US pharmacopoeia published in 1778

Answer 2

Lititz Pharmacopoeia

Question 3

Father of the US Pharmacopoeia who suggested the idea of a pharmacopoeia to the medical society of New York

Answer 3

Dr. Lyman Spalding

Question 4

Used to be a revolt/rebellious record first coined as the “National Formulary of Unofficial Preparations”

Answer 4

National Formulary

Question 5

Was exclusive to doctors and was held every 10 years

Answer 5

USP convention

Question 6

President that declared USP & NF as standards for medicinal and pharmacopoeial substances

Answer 6

President Theodore Roosevelt

Question 7

Coined by Samuel Hahnemann and was based on the law of similarities

Answer 7

Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the US

Question 8

Coined the Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia of the US

Answer 8

Samuel Hahnemann

Question 9

Published by WHO and serves as a recommendation to national pharmacopoeia revisions

Answer 9

International Pharmacopoeia

Question 10

Year when the Lititz Pharmacopoeia (first American pharmacopoeia) was published for use

Answer 10

1778

Question 11

Year when the Massachusetts Medical Society published a 272-page pharmacopoeia containing information on 536 drugs

Answer 11

1808

Question 12

Date when Dr. Lyman Spalding (Father of USP) submitted a plan to the medical society of the county of New York

Answer 12

January 6, 1817

Question 13

Date when draft pharmacopoeias were reviewed, consolidated, and adopted by the first USP convention in Washington DC

Answer 13

January 1, 1820

Question 14

Date when the first USP was published in English and Latin

Answer 14

December 15, 1820

Question 15

Year when the first edition of the National Formulary for Unofficial Preparations was published

Answer 15

1888

Question 16

Year when the pharmacopoeial convention granted authority to issue supplements to the USP

Answer 16

1900

Question 17

Date when the title “National Formulary of Unofficial Preparations” was changed to “National Formulary”

Answer 17

June 30, 1906

Question 18

The act that President Roosevelt signed into law

Answer 18

Pure Food and Drug Act

Question 19

Year when the USP convention decided to revise the USP every 5 years and revise the NF every 10 years

Answer 19

1940

Question 20

Year when the USP Convention, Inc. purchased the NF

Answer 20

1975

Question 21

Date when the first combined compendium, comprising of the USP XX and NF XV, became official

Answer 21

July 1, 1980

Question 22

Year when the USP 23/NF 18 became the first edition to drop the use of roman numerals in favor of Arabic numbers

Answer 22

1995

Question 23

Year when the USP/NF became an annual publication

Answer 23

2002