PTCB STUDY EXAM 2023/2024 with 100% correct answers

What is an outsourced company employed by the insurance company to manage prescription drug benefits? - correct answer pharmacy benefits manager (PBM) What condition is treated with allopurinol (Zyloprim), colchicine, and febuxostat (Uloric)? - correct answer GOUT What does the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) do? - correct answer protects people and the environment from significant health risks, sponsors and conducts research, and develops and enforces environmental regulations. What condition is treated with Ropinirole (Requip), benztropine (Cogentin), entacapone (Comtan), or rotigotine (Neupro) - correct answer Parkinson's disease whta does the State Boards of Pharmacy (BOP) do? - correct answer regulate the practice of pharmacy by state; they also focus on public health and the enforcement of state laws What is the DEA Form 41 used for? - correct answer destroy send back control drugs What is BIOAVAILABILITY - correct answer The usable amount of the drug that reaches the body's circulation intramuscular (IM) injection - correct answer An injection into a muscle; a medication delivery route. intradermal injection - correct answer the administration of medication by injection into the middle layers of the skin What term describes a situation when a drug is prescribed that has the same active ingredient as a current medication taken by the patient? - correct answer drug duplication subcutaneous (subcut) - correct answer under the skin What does the acronym DAW mean - correct answer dispense as written the substitution of a prescribed drug with another medication that produces the same therapeutic effect - correct answer therapeutic substitution (SSRIs) - correct answer selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Depression. examples citalopram (Celexa), fluoxetine (Prozac), paroxetine (Paxil), sertraline (Zoloft) intravenous (IV) injection - correct answer An injection directly into a vein; a medication delivery route. SNRIs - correct answer serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors. treating depression examples: desvenlafaxine (Pristiq), duloxetine (Cymbalta), mirtazapine (Remeron), venlafaxine (Effexor) Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 - correct answer gave the EPA complete authority over the disposal of hazardous substances DEA form 106 - correct answer report of theft or loss of controlled substances a compoun