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PhT 6 Week 3

TermDefinition
Therapeutic Duplication a drug prescribed to a patient that is either in the same class or the has a similar therapeutic effect as a medication the patient is already taking
Hazardous Drug drugs that, if exposed to, can cause acute chronic health effects, adverse reproductive outcomes or cancer.
High Alert Medication Drugs that when used in error can cause significant patient harm. They include all opiates, oral anti-diabetic medications, insulin, anti coagulants, potassium chloride, and sodium chloride above concentration of 0.9%
Narrow Therapeutic Index Drugs where small differences in dose or concentration in the blood can cause serious adverse effects for the patient. These medications include: anti-seizure medications, cardiac medications, anticoagulants, theophylline, and thyroid hormone replacement
Look alike-sound alike drugs Medications with similarly spelled or similar sounding either generic or brand names that can be confused for each other (ex. clozapine and clonidine)
Tall man letters technique to differentiate commonly confused medications, implemented by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices. The different letters of look alike/sound alike medications are capitalized to emphasis the difference (ex. cloZAPINE, cloNIDINE)
USP 797 section of the United States Pharmacopeia that sets standards for sterile compounding
USP 795 section of the United States Pharmacopeia that sets standards for non-sterile compounding
USP 800 section of the United States Pharmacopeia that sets standards for the ordering, receiving, handling, compounding, and dispensing of hazardous drugs.
Substance abuse The use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs or alcohol for purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used
Habituation a state of psychological dependence on a drug, characterized by a desire to continue use to feel "normal"
Tolerance When the body requires a higher dose of a drug to produce the same effect that a lower dose once provided
Withdrawal Physical and mental symptoms that a person has when they suddenly stop or cut back the use of an addictive substance, some can be life-threatening
Overdose when a toxic amount of a drug, or combination of drugs overwhelms the body
Delirium tremens a severe, potentially life-threatening form of alcohol withdrawal that occurs in people with long-term, heavy alcohol use after they stop drinking
Substance Use Disorder preferred term for conditions previously labeled as addiction and substance abuse
Geriatric patients patients aged 65 or older
Polypharmacy multiple medications prescribed simultaneously to the same patient
Beers Criteria A list of medications published by the American Geriatric Society that should be avoided or used cautiously in elderly patients
RSV Respiratory Syncytial Virus
SUD Substance Use Disorder (preferred term for "addiction")
DT delirium tremens
UTI urinary tract infection
 

 



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