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Routes and Dosage
Chapter 4 Test
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the most common route of adminstration? | Oral |
| What are the two primary dosage forms? | Liquids and Solids |
| under the tongue | sublingual |
| dissolve in the cheek | buccal |
| disolved into a liquid | effervescent |
| What are the 5 types of tablets? | Chewable, Effervescent, Sublingual, Buccal and Vaginal |
| What are the 2 types of capsule? | Hard shell and soft (gelatin)shell |
| What are the other names for a lozenge? | Troche or Pastille |
| What are the functions of ointment | to deliver medication to the skin, to lubricate the skin, to protect the skin |
| What are the four types of ointments? | Oleaginous, water-soluable, anhydrous, emulsions |
| contain a fine powder or solution of drugs delivered through a mist into the mouth or nose | inhalalant |
| What must a patient be told to do before adminstering a suspension? | Shake Well |
| Why don't you crush or break extended release tablets or capsules? | You will destroy the mechanism that delivers the medication slowly causing all of the medication to release at once (possibly causing an overdose) |
| What is the fastest route of adminstration? | Intravenous |
| What is the slowest route of adminstration? | Oral |
| What is the definition of a parenteral route of adminsitration? | Bypassing the GI tract |
| What is the most utilized parenteral route? | SC |
| What is the most common parenteral route? | IV |
| What is a disadvantage of the parenteral route of administration? | Painful, pose opportunity for infection and medication cannot be retracted |
| What is an implant? | Medication in a porous membrane, surgically placed to deliver over a period of years |
| Why would we choose a rectal route of adminsitration over an oral route of adminstration? | Disease state, whether or not a patient is conscious, nauseous and vomiting |
| What is meant by a drug becoming systemic? | That the drug is available in the bloodstream |
| How many times can you refill a CII? | NONE |
| How many times can you refill a CIV? | 5 TIMES |
| Who regulates safety in the workplace? | OSHA |
| What law insures that a patient's privacy is protected? | HIPAA |
| What law required manufacturers to submit evidence that a new drug was safe prior to marketing? | Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of 1938 |
| Which law allowed the leged "RX ONLY"? | Durham-Humphrey Amendment of 1951 |
| solid preparation in which fine particles of active and inactive ingredients are ground up | powder |
| powder that is wetted and then dried | granules |
| dosage form in which very fine particles are mixed in a suspension | aerosols |
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