Medication aid chapter 1 Questions and Answers

Pharmacodynamics - Answer- The body's response to drugs Anatomy - Answer- The study of the structure of body parts Pharmacology - Answer- The study of drugs Physiology - Answer- The study of the function of cells tissues and organs of living organisms Pathology - Answer- The study of the disease process What is an example of a drug or drugs used to prevent disease? - Answer- Hepatitis B vaccine What is an example of a drug or drugs used to treat disease? - Answer- Antihistamines What is an example of a diagnostic drug? - Answer- Iodine What is an example of a drug or drugs used to promote health maintenance? - Answer- Vitamins Rules that ensure uniform quality, strength, and purity of drugs are known as what? - Answer- Standards What is an example of a drug or drugs used to cure disease? - Answer- Antibiotics The US food and drug administration has the responsibility of enforcing what? - Answer- Drug standards The official list of drug standards, as recognized by the US government is contained in the what? - Answer- United States Pharmacopeia/National Formulary (USP/NF) What is the rationale for having drugs standards? - Answer- Drugs differ in strength, quality, and purity. What is the official nonproprietary drug name assigned by manufacturer? - Answer- Generic name What is the same as the generic name? - Answer- Official name What is also known as a trade, or proprietary name? - Answer- Brand name What is the name under which a drug is sold by a specific manufacturer? - Answer- Brand or tradename What drug name is owned by the drug company and may not be used by another company? - Answer- Brander tradename What is an example of a brand or trade name? - Answer- Bufferin Unintended and undesirable effects of drugs - Answer- Side effects/adverse reaction's Interactions - Answer- Undesirable effects produced when drugs are taken with certain foods or other drugs. Precautions - Answer- Warnings to consider when administering drugs to patients with specific conditions or diseases. Action - Answer- How a drug works. Package inserts - Answer- Printed sheets of information located inside the boxes in which drugs are package. Pure food and drug act of 1906 - Answer- Law that states the only drugs listed in the US P/NF may be prescribed and sold. Food, drug and cosmetic act of 1938 - Answer- Law states that the federal government must review safety studies a new drugs before they can put on the market. Controlled substances act of 1990 - Answer- Law that identifies the drugs that are dangerous or subject to abuse Schedule I - Answer- Schedule of control substances contains drugs with the highest potential for abuse Food and Drug Administration - Answer- Agency that has the responsibility of enforcing the food, drug, and cosmetic act of 1938 Drug enforcement administration - Answer- Agency that has the responsibility of enforcing the controlled substance Act 1990 Controlled substance - Answer- Drugs that have special restrictions as to who can prescribe and sell them and how often they can be prescribed What is it advantage of synthetically created drugs? - Answer- Less expensive Before diagnostic iodine is administered, the patient should be asked if he or she is allergic to what? - Answer- Shellfish Therapeutic effect - Answer- Describes a drugs desire or physiological response Palliative drug - Answer- Analgesic that are used for pain management in the case of terminal illness. generic brand - Answer- State and federal government permits can encourage and even mandate that customers be given which of the following types of prescription What can healthcare workers reference to when looking for info on meds? - Answer- Nursing drug reference book Why is the sale of OTC products that contain pseudoephedrine & ephedrine restricted? - Answer- These meds can be used to make illegal substances. What drug classification can't be refilled without a new written prescription ? - Answer- Schedule II What drug classification has little or no accepted medical use? - Answer- Schedule I What agency mandates child proofing drug packaging? - Answer- Consumer product safety commission Pharmacology - Answer- Study of drugs and their uses Pharmocodynamics - Answer- Body's response to drugs. Anatomy - Answer- The study of body structure Physiology - Answer- Study of function of body parts. Pharmokinetics - Answer- The study of absorption, metabolism, distribution and excretion of drugs. Pathology - Answer- Study of disease processes Where does digitalis come from? - Answer- Plant Where does iron come from? - Answer- Minerals Where does Bactrim come from? - Answer- Synthesized in the laboratory through chemical process. How was Humulin made? - Answer- Genetically engineered What type of drug used in disease prevention? - Answer- Vaccines Standards - Answer- Rules ensuring uniform quality, strength, and purity of drugs. Where are drug standards listed? - Answer- United States pharmacopeia/national formulary What is a molecule structure of a drug described by ? - Answer- Chemical name generic name - Answer- Official nonproprietary name assigned to a drug by the manufacturer Official name - Answer- Name of a drug is usually the same as the generic name Brand/tradename - Answer- The name under which a drug is sold by a specific manufacturer Given example of a brand or tradename - Answer- Bufferin Pure food and drug act of 1906 - Answer- Law that states only drugs listed in the USP/NF may be prescribed and sold Food, drug and cosmetic act of 1938 - Answer- Spells out regulations concerning the purity, strength, effectiveness, labeling and packaging of drugs. Controlled substance act of 1990 - Answer- The law that identifies the drugs that are dangerous or subject to abuse. Drug enforcement administration - Answer- The agency that enforces controlled substance act What are the major sources of drugs? - Answer- Plants, animals, minerals and chemicals Given example of a drug that is extracted from parts of a plant? - Answer- Digitalis - Is extracted from purple fox glove a wildflower Given example of a drug of animal original - Answer- Insulin which is made from pancreas of cattle and pigs What are the seven uses of drugs ? - Answer- Prevent, treat, cure, palliative therapy, diagnosed, contraceptive and health maintenance. Drug standards - Answer- Rules the drugs must meet with regard to strengths, purity and quality What are types of names by which drugs are known as? - Answer- Chemical, generic, Brand or tradename What are some drug references? - Answer- Physicians desk reference, US Pharmocopeia dispensing info, handbook of nonprescription drugs What are the three major drug laws? - Answer- Pure food and Drug act of 1906, food, drug and cosmetic act of 1938, controlled substance act of 1990 Drug enforcement administration - Answer- Federal agency that enforces the controlled substance act of 1990 What does action do you in a drug reference book? - Answer- It describes how a drug works PDR - Answer- A drug reference that gives information about the drug products of major pharmaceutical companies United States pharmacopeia dispensing information - Answer- Drug reference to include state and federal requirements for prescribing and dispensing drugs American hospital formulatory service - Answer- Drug reference that contains an objective overview and outline form of almost every drug available in the United States What category in which drugs fall in? - Answer- Controlled substance, over the counter, prescription