Term | Definition |
pharmacist | one who is licensed to prepare and dispense medications , counsel patients, and monitor outcomes pursuant to a prescription from a licensed healthcare professional |
pharmacy technician | an individual working in a pharmacy who, under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist |
pharmaceutical care | a philosophy of care that expanded the pharmacist's role to include appropriate medication use to achieve positive outcomes with prescribed drug therapy |
pharmacokinetics | the study of how drugs are absorbed into the bloodstream, circulated in tissues throughout the body, inactivated, and eliminated from the body |
chain pharmacy | a community pharmacy that consists of several similar pharmacies in the region that are corporately owned |
mail order pharmacy | a large- volume, centralized pharmacy operation that uses automation to fill and mail prescriptions to a patient |
nuclear pharmacy | a specialized practice that compounds and dispenses |
brand name | the name under which the manufacturer markets a drug |
generic name | a common name that is given to a drug that is not protected by a trademark |
formulary | a lists of drugs that has been preapproved for use by a committee of healthcare professionals |
health maintenance organization (HMO) | an organization that provides health insurance using a managed caremadel |
pharmaceutics | the study of the relese characteristics of specific drug dosage forms |
controlled substance | a drug with potential for abuse |
over the counter drugs | a medication that the FDA has approved for sale without a prescription |
legend drug | a drug that requires a prescription |
drug | any substance taken into or applied to the body for the purpose of altering the body's biochemical functions and its physiological processes |
package insert | a manufacturer's printed guidline for use and dosing of a drug |
child resistant container | a medication container with a special lid that cannot be opened by children |
orphan drug | a medication approved by the FDA to treat rare disease |