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key terms and definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Enacted to stop the sale of inaccurately labeled drugs | Federal Food and Drug Act |
| Enacted because of excessive opium addiction across the U.S | Harrison Narcotic Act |
| Made the intial distinction between a legend drug and over-the-counter drugs; required legend drugs to carry the label "Caution: Federal Law prohibits dispensing without a prescription" | Durham-Humphrey Amendment |
| Federal agency within the Department of Justice that enforces laws against the misuse of controlled substances. | DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION (DEA) |
| Required drug companies to include directions for use for the consumer in package inserts on drugs; required the marking"Warning: May be habit forming" for all narcotics | Food,Drug, and Cosmetic Act |
| Federal agency with in the Department of Health and Human Services that regulates the manufacture and safegaurding of medication | FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA) |
| Federal act for protecting patients rights. | HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY & ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1996 |
| Attempted to insure the saftey and effectivness of all new drugs introduced to the market | Kefauver-Harris Amendment |
| Deceptive or misleading labeling of a product that may lead the consumer to believe that a product will cure an illness. | MISBRANDING |
| Created an agency with the sole purpose of enforcing the laws governing narcotics and the requirements for their distribution | Comprehensive Drug Abuse and prevention and Control Act |
| Allowed drug companies to bypass the lengthy time requirements for testing of a new drug, and the costs that accompany them, to provide meds. to persons who have a rare disease | Orphan Drug Act |
| Required the label "Caution: Federal law restricts this drug to use by or on the order of a licensed veterinarian" for certain drugs | Prescription Drug Marketing Act |
| Helped stiffen regulations dealing with the abuse of anabolic steroids and their misuse by athletes | Anobolic Steroids Control Act |
| States thata pharmacist must counsel all patients who recieve new prescriptions at the time of purchase | Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act |
| Addresses all areas of the manufacturing, enforcement of laws, and sale of methamphetamines made from pseudoephedrine | Combat Meth Act 2005 |