Therapeutic Journey: Prescription To Outcome

Question 1

What are the 6 classes of drug indication?

Answer 1

Symptom control 
Disease control 
Prophylaxis 
Prescribing cascade
Diagnostic 
Recreational

Question 2

What are the 4 principles of prescribing?

Answer 2

Effectiveness
Safety
Acceptability
Cost

Question 3

What does duration of treatment depend on?

Answer 3

Symptoms resolved
Disease cured
Prophylaxis dosing schedule
Adherence

Question 4

What are drugs used for?

Answer 4

To cure, suppress and prevent disease and symptoms

Question 5

Why is it important to monitor if drugs are working as desired?

Answer 5

To know if there is a benefit

It’s effectiveness and safety

Question 6

What is prophylaxis drug use?

Answer 6

It’s designed and used to prevent disease or event occurring.

Question 7

What is primary prophylaxis and give an example of this:

Answer 7

Preventing a disease that hasn’t occurred yet.

Ie. Meningitis or oral contraceptive pill

Question 8

What is secondary prophylaxis and give an example of this:

Answer 8

Drugs to prevent the recurrence of a medical problem that has already occurred.
For example taking statins to prevent recurrent heart attacks