Terminologies Related to Pharmacy

Question 1

refers to the art, practice, or profession of preparing, compounding, and dispensing medical drugs.

Answer 1

Pharmacy

Question 2

refers to a health professional who has been registered and issued a valid Certificate of Registration (COR) and Personal Identification Card (PIC) by the PRC and the Professional Regulatory Board of Pharmacy; and
refers to a medication expert that plays a critical role in helping patients get the best results from their medications.

Answer 2

Pharmacist

Question 3

refers to a written order issued by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian for the appropriate use of medications in a particular patient: an individual plan of care to remedy a medical problem.

To the pharmacist

Answer 3

Prescription

Question 4

refers to the order for inpatients in hospitals and other institutions written by the physician on forms or entered directly into the institution’s computer system.

To the hospital nurse

Answer 4

Medication Order

Question 5

refer to pharmaceutical products that pertain to chemical compounds or biological substances, other than food, intended for use in the treatment, prevention, or diagnosis of disease in humans or animals, including the following:

Any article recognized in the official United States Pharmacopeia/National Formulary (USP-NF), Homeopathic Pharmacopeia of USA, Philippine Pharmacopeia, Philippine National Drug Formulary (PNDF), British Pharmacopeia, European Pharmacopeia, Japanese Pharmacopeia, and any official compendium or any supplement to them;

Any article intended for use in diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease of man or animals;

Any article, other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function to the human body or animals;

Any article intended for use, as a component of articles, specified in clauses (1), (2), and (3), not including devices or their components, parts, and accessories; and

Herbal or traditional drugs as defined in Republic Act No. 9502.

Answer 5

Drug

Question 6

refer to articles of plant or animal origin used in folk medicine which are:
recognized in the Philippine National Drug Formulary;
intended for use in the treatment or cure or mitigation of disease symptoms, injury or body defects in humans;
other than food, intended to affect the structure or any function of the human body;
in finished or ready-to-use dosage form; and
intended for use as a component of any of the articles specified in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv).

Answer 6

Herbal/ Traditional Drug

Question 7

refers to drugs in their appropriate dosage forms, with assured quality, safety, and efficacy for humans or animals, or both.

Answer 7

Medicines

Question 8

refer to medicines used for symptomatic relief of minor ailments and which may be dispensed without a prescription.

Answer 8

Over-The-Counter (OTC) Medicines

Question 9

refer to OTC medicines classified by appropriate government agencies to be obtained only from a licensed pharmacist, with mandatory pharmacist’s advice on their selection and proper use.

Answer 9

Pharmacists-only Medicines

Question 10

refer to medicines used which can only be dispensed by a pharmacist to a patient, upon the presentation of a valid prescription from a physician, dentist, or veterinarian and for which a pharmacist’s advice is necessary.

Answer 10

Prescription/ Ethical Medicines

Question 11

refers to the proprietary name given by the manufacturer to distinguish its product from those of competitors.

Sa ilalim and smaller font

Answer 11

Brand Name

Question 12

refers to the scientifically and internationally recognized name of the active ingredients, as approved by the FDA pursuant to Republic Act No. 6675, otherwise known as the “Generics Act of 1988.”

Answer 12

Generic Name

Question 13

refer to a substance or preparation intended to be placed in contact with the various external parts of the human body or with the teeth and the mucous membranes of the oral cavity, with a view exclusively or mainly to cleaning them, perfuming them, changing their appearance and/or correcting body odor, and/or protecting the body or keeping them in good condition.

Answer 13

Cosmetics

Question 14

refer to any instrument, apparatus, implement, machine, appliance, implant, in vitro reagent or calibrator, software, material or other similar or related article intended by the manufacturer to be used alone, or in combination, for human beings.

Answer 14

Medical Devices

Question 15

refers to processed food products intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: vitamins, minerals, herbs, or other botanicals, amino acids, and dietary substances to increase the total daily intake in amounts conforming to the latest Philippine-recommended energy and nutrient intakes or internationally agreed minimum daily requirements; and

It usually is in the form of capsules, tablets, liquids, gels, powders, or pills and not represented for use as a conventional food or as the sole item of a meal or diet or replacement of drugs and medicines.

Halaman, biological origin

Answer 15

Food/ Dietary Supplement

Question 16

refers to any product that is used to maintain, enhance and improve the healthy function of the human body and contains one (1) or more or a combination of the following: (1) herbal fatty acids, enzymes, probiotics, and other bioactive substances; and (2) substances derived from natural sources, including animal, plant, mineral, and botanical materials in the form of extracts, isolates, concentrates, metabolites, synthetic sources of substances mentioned in (1) and (2). It is presented in dosage forms or in small unit doses such as capsules, tablets, powder, liquids and it shall not include any sterile preparations (i.e. injectables, eyedrops).

Substance of the biological origin

Answer 16

Health Supplement

Question 17

refer to any preparation containing pharmaceutical substances of common or ordinary use to relieve common physical ailments and which may be dispensed without a medical prescription in original packages, bottles or containers, of which the nomenclature has been duly approved by the FDA

Answer 17

Household Remedies

Question 18

refers to the sum of processes performed by a pharmacist from reading, validating, and interpreting prescriptions; preparing; packaging; labeling; record keeping; dose calculations; and counseling or giving information, in relation to the sale or transfer of pharmaceutical products, with or without a prescription or medication order.

Answer 18

Dispensing

Question 19

refers to the act of dispensing or providing medicines in accordance with a prescription or medication order

Preparing the final product

Answer 19

Filling

Question 20

refers to the sum of processes performed by a pharmacist in drug preparation including the calculations, mixing, assembling, packaging, or labeling of a drug: (i) as the result of a prescription or drug order by a physician, dentist, or veterinarian; or (ii) for the purpose of, or in relation to, research, teaching, or chemical analysis.

Mixing together different ingredients to come up a drug formation

Answer 20

Compounding

Question 21

refers to the duly integrated and accredited professional organization of registered and licensed pharmacists.

Answer 21

Accredited Professional Organization (APO)

Question 22

refers to the inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills, and ethical values in a post-licensure specialized or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of study for assimilation into professional practice, self-directed research, and/or lifelong learning.

Answer 22

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

Question 23

refer to entities licensed by appropriate government agencies, and which are involved in the manufacture, importation, exportation, repacking, and distribution of pharmaceutical products to pharmaceutical outlets.

Answer 23

Pharmaceutical Establishments

Question 24

any establishment engaged in operations involved in the production of pharmaceutical drug, including preparatory processing, compounding, filling, packing, repacking, altering, ornamenting, finishing, and labeling with the end in view of its storage, sale or distribution,

should not apply to compounding and filling of prescriptions in drugstores and hospital pharmacies.

Own drug and own manufacture

Answer 24

Drug Manufacturer

Question 25

any establishment which is a registered owner of the drug product, procures the materials and packaging components, and provides the production monographs, quality control standards and procedures, but sub-contracts the manufacture of such product to a licensed manufacturer.

Sila may-ari ng drug formula pinapagawa lang sa ibang manufacturing firm

a trader may also engage in distribution and/or marketing of its products.

Answer 25

Drug Trader

Question 26

any establishment that imports raw materials, active ingredients and/or finished products for wholesale distribution to other local FDA-licensed drug establishments.

Raw materials from abroad or finished product from abroad

Answer 26

Drug Distrubutor/ Importer

Question 27

Any establishment that exports raw materials, active ingredients and finished products for distribution to other drug establishments outside the country.

Answer 27

Drug Distributor/ Exporter

Question 28

any establishment that procures raw materials, active ingredients and/or finished products from local FDA-licensed drug establishments for local distribution on a wholesale basis.

Buy raw materials and then sell (buy and sell)

Answer 28

Drug Distributor/ Wholesaler

Question 29

refer to entities licensed by appropriate government agencies, and which are involved in compounding and/or dispensing and selling of pharmaceutical products directly to patients or end-users

Retailer, opposite ng wholesaler

Answer 29

Pharmaceutical Outlets