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week 1 terms
| 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 |
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