Solution and Answer Guide Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Professions, 9th Edition by Bruce Colbert, Adam James, Elizabeth Katrancha All Chapters

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Chapter Review Quiz Answers ................................................................................................ 1
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The first major U.S. drug law was passed in the year
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Answer: 1906; Pure Food and Drug Act hg hg hg hg hg hg




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ov ernment attempt to establish consumer protection in the manufacture of drugs and foo
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USP stands for
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Answer: United States Pharmacopeia hg hg hg




Feedback: The United States Pharmacopeia (USP) is a reference that specifies the offici
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NF stands for
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Feedback: The National Formulary (NF) is a reference that specifies the official U.S. stand
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ards for making individual drugs. It has been combined with the United States Pharmacope
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The agency that requires you to keep a record of each controlled substance transa
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Answer: Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
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, Solution and AnswerHGuide: Colbert, James & Katrancha, Essentials of Pharmacology for Health Professions
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Feedback: The Drug Enforcement Administration enforces security and accountability related
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gto controlled substances. Anyone who dispenses, receives, sells, or destroys controlled subs
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tances must keep on hand special DEA forms, indicating the exact current inventory and a tw
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h o-year inventory of every controlled substance transaction.
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has the lowest potential for abuse. Answer: Schedul
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g e C-V has the lowest potential for abuse
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Feedback: The 1970 Controlled Substances Act classified abused and addicting drugs into fi
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gve levels, or schedules, according to their medical value, harmfulness, and potential for
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abus e or addiction: C-I, C-II, C-III, C-IV, and C-V, with class C-
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I being the highest potential for abuse, and C-V with the lowest potential for abuse.
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How long must you keep an inventory record of each controlled substance transaction at your
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Feedback: The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) enforces security and accounta bil
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ity related to controlled substances, including a two-
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Three responsibilities of the FDA include:
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Answer: Three responsibilities of the FDA include any of the following:
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Overseeing testing of all proposed new drugs before they are released into the U.S. m
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arket
Inspecting plants where foods, drugs, medical devices, or cosmetics are made Revie
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wing new drug applications and petitions for food additives
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t Ensuring proper labeling of foods, cosmetics, and drug
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Feedback: The increase in the number of drugs produced for marketing brought dangers to
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the public. The federal FDAHwas established to ensure that some basic standards would be
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followed. Its responsibilities include the five listed in the answer above.
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What types of drugs are listed in the C-V schedule?
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Answer: Drugs that have the lowest abuse potential among the five classes or sche
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dule s of controlled substance; these consist primarily of cough suppressants containing
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codei ne and antidiarrheal preparations such as diphenoxylate
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V consists primarily of preparations for cough suppressants containing codeine and prepar
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ations for diarrhea (e.g., diphenoxylate). Examples include promethazine with codeine, Ch
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What method is recommended for securing the controlled substances at your office?
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Answer: The drugs should be kept inside a locked safety box, which is then placed with
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in in a cupboard that is also locked.
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Feedback: The Drug Enforcement Administration enforces security and accountability related
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t o controlled substances; this includes keeping all controlled substances inside
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locked safety box, which is then placed within a cupboard that is also locked.
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If a patientHcalls to request a refill of a PercocetH(C-
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II) prescription, how would you reply?
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Answer: A refill for a C- hg hg hg hg hg




II substance cannot be called into a pharmacy as a new prescription is required by law
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Feedback: The 1970 Controlled Substances Act setHregulations governing which schedules
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m ay have prescriptions phoned in to the pharmacy. A refill for a C-
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II substance cannot be called into a pharmacy; a new written prescription is required.
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A patientHhas a rare disease that requires medication for only a small population of patient
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s. Which act has allowed their drug to be produced even though it is not profitable to the p harma
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Answer: The Orphan Drug Act of 1983 hg hg hg hg hg hg




Feedback: The 1983 Orphan Drug Act provides pharmaceutical companies financial incen
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tives to develop medications for diseases that affect only a small number of people,
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so th at orphan drugs that would otherwise be of low profitability would be available to pati
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ents with rare diseases.
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A patientHcalls into the office asking for a new prescription for a narcotic medication thatHthey h
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ave been taking for six months. You bring up their chart and notice that whereas they have b
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e en requesting new prescriptions every 23 days, the medication should last 30 days. Additi
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onall y, the patient also mentions that they feel that they are in need of a higher dose, and they
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bec ome agitated and irritable when you tell them that they will need an appointment. What do
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you think of this? What should you do?
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Answer: The medication taking behavior suggests a potential pattern of drug abuse. Neverth
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eless, the most appropriate action should be to notify the patient’s physician so that they can
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assess the real need for an increase in the dose and/or frequency of administration.
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Feedback: The prescription fill record indicated that the patient is getting the narcotic more fre
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quently than what is allowed by their physician for their medical condition. Given the high pote
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ntial of narcotic abuse, such requests need to be addressed by the physician.
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