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Drug categories
Question | Answer |
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noncontrolled drugs | free from potential for abuse |
controlled substances | highest potential for abuse dispensed under special legal restrictions |
Scheudle 1 | most dangerours |
Schedule 2 | |
Scheudle 3 | |
schedule 4 | |
schedule 5 | |
antibiotic | stop growth of germs in the body |
analgesic | stops pain |
insulin | restores bodily function |
antipsychotic | change behavior |
immunization | prevents disease |
antitussant | reduces cough |
antipyretic | controls fever |
antihistamine | reduces histamine |
diseases are treated by | drug therapy (medication), special diets, physical therapy, surgical means and psycho-social therapy |
Only time medication is to be omitted | consumer refuses, too ill to swallow, held for diagnostic testing, RN judgement |