Drug standards

Controlled (schedule) drug

Legend Drug

Orphan Drug

NDC

OTC

The pharmaceutical manufacturer has the authority to add additional active ingredients to a previously approved pharmaceutical product.

The 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act established consumer protections to prevent the inclusion of "dangerous ingredients" without the knowledge of the consumer.

Controlled Substance records are to be kept for 10 years.

The NDC contains the manufacturer, product, and package information for all commercially available products. 

The Controlled Substance Act sets tighter controls on ________________________. 

Prescriptions of the controlled substances listed in which of these schedules MAY be called into the pharmacy by healthcare workers other than the prescriber ________________. 

Ototoxicity

Nephrotoxicity

Which name is the common or general name assigned to a drug and never capitalized? 

Which name is the name by which the pharmaceutical company identifies its product, is copyrighted, and is used exclusively by that company with a capitalized first letter? 

What name is the exact molecular formula of the drug? 

The name of the drug as it appears in the official reference, the USP/NF, which generally is the same as the generic name, is ___________________.

The trade name Tylenol No.3 indicates ___________________. 

Drugs determined unsafe for over-the-counter purchase because of possible harmful side effects if taken indiscriminately are called ________________.

Ringing in the ears is ____________________.

Conditions for which the drug should NOT be given are ___________________. 

Conditions or types of patients that require closer observation for specific side effects when given a drug are called _______________________.

What term best describes the study of drugs and their origin, nature, properties, and effects on living organisms? 

Limited to one area of the body

Toxic dose

Tolerance is ______________________.

Excretion is 

Metabolism is 

Distribution is ____________________. 

Absorption is ____________________.

The most actively pursued source of new drugs today is ____________________.

When introduced into the body, all drugs cause cellular changes known as ___________________. 

When medications reach widespread areas of the body, it is called ______________________.

The initial high dose used to elevate the level of the drug in the blood quickly is called ______________________. 

The drug required to keep the drug blood level at a steady state in order to maintain the desire effect is called the _________________________.

The amount of a drug that will produce harmful side effects or symptoms of poisoning is called ____________________. 

Absorption of a drug occurs in the _________________.

Metabolism of a drug occurs in the _______________________. 

A condition that may slow absorption of a drug is(are) _________________________________.