Prescription Writing

Question 1

What is a prescription?

Answer 1

order to prepare or dispense a specific treatment

Question 2

Medications represent ______ of all prescriptions for treatment

Answer 2

67%

Question 3

What are the 7 rational steps to prescription writing

Answer 3

1. Make diagnosis
2. Consider pathophysiologic impications of the diagnosis
3. Select therapeutic objective
4. Select drug
5. Determine dosing regimen
6. Devise plan for monitoring drug’s action and determine therapy endpoint
7. Patient education

Question 4

Name the 15 components of a prescription

Answer 4

1. Prescriber name
2. Prescriber title
   2a. Supervising physician
3. Office address
4. Office telephone
5. Date
6. Patient name
7. Patient address
8. Drug name
9. Drug strength
10. Quantity
11. Sig = instructions for patient
12. Number of refills
13. Child safety bottle?
14. Your signature
15. DEA number and state license number

Question 5

Hospital prescription

Answer 5

1. Date
2. Drug name
3. Drug strength
4. Quantity
5. Sig
6. DEA # and state license

Question 6

Percentage solution

Answer 6

strength of a solution expressed as quatity of solute in sufficient solvent to make 100mL

ex. 20% potassium chloride solution is 20 gms KCl per 100ml of final soluation

Question 7

Adherence

Answer 7

extent to which patients follow treatment instructions

Question 8

Name the 4 types of nonadherence (leading to errors and increased cost)

Answer 8

1. Failure to obtain medication
2. Failure to take medication as prescribed
3. Premature discontinuation
4. Inappropriately takes medication (or shares with another person)

Question 9

Name (2) schedule I drugs

Answer 9

Heroin, cannabis

Question 10

Name (4) schedule II drugs

Answer 10

1. Morphine
2. Oxycodone (OxyContin, Percocet)
3. Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lortab)
4. Fentanyl

Question 11

Name an example of a schedule III drug

Answer 11

Tylenol with Codeine

Question 12

Which drug schedules have a high potential for abuse?

Answer 12

Schedule I and II