Unit 101-1 Flashcards
History of pharmacy, laws and ethics, pharm tech duties
Which ancient physician was known as a proponent of diet, exercise, rest, and lifestyle changes to improve health?
Hippocrates
Today, licensure for pharmacists includes:
Passing the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) examination and an examination covering the individual pharmacist’s state pharmacy law and earning a PharmD degree
In what year was the PTCB (responsible for creating the PTCB examination) formed?
1995
Who discovered penicillin?
Alexander Fleming
The effects associated with opioid receptors include all of the following except:
Increased gastrointestinal motility
What is the name of the first pharmacy school in the United States, which opened in 1821?
College of Pharmacy and Sciences in Philadelphia
The first pharmacy operated by a registered pharmacist opened in what city in 1823?
New Orleans
What is the purpose of using maggots in medicine?
To clean wounds by removing dead tissue
The benefits of certification for pharmacy technicians include:
Increased standard of education, increased trust by pharmacists, increased salary
Which of the following old-time remedies are still being used today?
Maggots and Leaches
In early American history, many people died of mercury poisoning, since mercury was used to treat:
Syphilis
The ancient treatment process of cutting a hole in the skull to allow evil spirits that were thought to cause disease a way to exit the body was called:
trephining
Who is considered the “Father of Medicine?”
Hippocrates
What was the first synthetic antibiotic discovered?
Sulfonamide
How many scored questions are in the PTCB exam and how much time is allotted for the exam?
90 questions; 1 hour and 50 minutes
