PRESCRIPTION ORDER AND LEGAL CONCEPT Flashcards
– represent a summary of diagnosis, prognosis (outcome of disease) and treatment of patient’s illness.
prescription order - PO (Rx)
- important legal written transaction between the practitioner, pharmacist and patient
PO (Rx)
- contains drugs approved by FDA legally dispensed only by the practitioner
PO (Rx)
Primary concerns of FDA:
- whether or not the drug is efficacy (%) and effectiveness (desired effect) in treating certain conditions
- whether the drug is reasonably safe for human use
Functions of FDA:
- approve newly discovered medications (vaccine)
- monitor the medications existing in the markets especially with its adverse/toxic effects
- regulate and control potentially abuse prohibited drug
*Meds. to reverse anaphylaxis:
- Cetirizine + Prednisone (3x)
- Dexamethasone IV
- Epinephrine +Antihistamine
*Meds. to reverse anaphylaxis:
- Cetirizine + Prednisone (3x)
- Dexamethasone IV
- Epinephrine +Antihistamine
law enforcing agency who see to it that the controlled substances are not potentially abuse.
PDEA
drug regulated by FDA because of their potential for abuse
Controlled substances/Regulated drugs
Controlled substances/Regulated drugs are Not renewed after ____ months
6 months
What are the Legal Concepts:
- Doctrine of Informed Consent
- Doctrine of Respondent Superior
- Minors and Incompetents
– involved in informed concept that the patient must be aware of procedures to perform, other alternatives, pros and cons of procedure, adverse reactions and benefits they will receive before patient will make informed decision
Doctrine of Informed Consent
– “let the master answer”
Doctrine of Respondent Superior
- superior is responsible for his/her actions and actions done by his subordinate (interns)
Doctrine of Respondent Superior
– are those under guardianship which require the informed consent of parent or guardian when agreeing to any care/treatment or procedure to be done.
Minors and Incompetents
Parts of PO:
- Practitioner’s information
- Patient’s information
- Date
- Superscription
- Inscription
- Subscription
- Transcription or Signatura (“Sig.”)
- Labelling/Refill information/Prescriber’s signature
represented by the symbol “Rx”
Superscription
Part of the prescription order which means “take”
Superscription
Part of prescription order which means “recipe”
Superscription
Pertains to the body of the prescription order:
Inscription
Inscription contains:
a. generic name (may include trade name)
b. dosage mg/concentration % of the drug
c. preparation of drug
Part of prescription order which gives direction to the pharmacist:
Subscription
part of PO which specify the amount and type of dosage units to be dispensed
Subscription
Part of prescription order which gives full instructions to the patient on how to take the medications:
Transcription
or
Signatura (“Sig.”)
Informations written in Transcription:
> route
> frequency
> amount
> duration
– formulation that can be dispensed w/o PO (non-Rx
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
– legally dispensed only by the prescriber with PO
Legend/Regulated/Controlled (Rx) drugs
The followings are the information given in inscription except:
A. amount of drug to be taken
B. generic name
C. dosage form of the drug
D. available preparation of drug
A. amount of drug to be taken
Legal concept of prescription states the responsibility of the practitioner for whatever actions done by his subordinate:
Doctrine of Respondent Superior
Legal concept of prescription stating that the practitioners should educate the patient regarding the drugs to be given to the patient:
Doctrine of Informed consent
