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terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pharmacist | one who is licensed to prepare and dispence medication, counsel patients, and monitor outcomes pursuant to a perscription from a licensed health care professional |
| Pharmacy Technician | an individual working in a pharmacy who, under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist, assists in activities not requiring the professional judgment of a pharmacist |
| Pharmaceutical care | aa philosophy of care that expanded the pharmacist's role to include appropriate medication use to achieve positive outcomes with perscribed drug therapy |
| Pharmacology | the science of drugs and their interactions with the system of living animals |
| Pharmacokinetics | the activity of a drug within the body over a period of time; includes absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination |
| Chain Pharmacy | a community pharmacy that consists of several similar pharmacies in the region (or nation) thatr the corpoately owned |
| Mail order pharmacy | a alrge volume centralized pharmacy operation that uses automation to fill and mail prescriptions to the patient |
| Nuclear pharmacy | a pharmacy that prepares and distributes radioactive pharmaceuticals to treat and diagnose disease |
| Brand name | the name under which the manufacturer markets a drug; also known as a trade name |
| Generic name | a common name that is given to a drug regardless of brand name; sometimes denotes a drug that is not protected by a trademark. For example: acetaminophen is the generic for tylenol. |
| Formulary | a list of drugs that have been preapproved for use by a committee of health professionals; used in hospitals, in managed care and by many insurance providers |
| Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) | HMO; organizations synonomous with managed care |
| Pharmaceutis | the study of the release characteristics of specific drug dose forms |
| Controlled Substances | drugs with potential for abuse; organized into five schedules that specify the way the drug must be stored, dispensed, recorded, and inventoried |
| Over the counter drug | a drug sold without a perscription |
| Legend drug | drug thst requires a prescription to dispence |
| Drug | a medical substance or remedy used to change the way a living organism function; also called a medication |
| Package insert | an information sheet required by the FDA and approved by a drug manufacturer that includes information on the product's identification and uses, dose, contraindications and warnings, as well as side effects and adverse reactions |
| Child resistant container | special lids attached to prescription vials or bottles to prevent child access and reduce accidental poisonings; by definition, cannot be opened by 80% of children but can be opened by 90% of adults |
| Orphan drug | a medication approved by the FDA to treat rare diseases |
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