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Terms1-20
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Pharmacist | One who is licensed to prepare and dispense medications, and counsel patients. |
| Pharmacy Technician | A person working in a pharmacy who assists under the supervision of a pharmacist. |
| Pharaceutical Care | A philosophy of care that expanded the pharmacists role to include appropriate medications. |
| Pharmacology | Study of drugs, their uses, and their interactions with living systems. |
| Pharmacokinetics | Eliminations Distribution, Metabolism, and absorbtion. |
| Chain Pharmacy | A national or regional pharmacy that may be found in a store. Like Walgreens |
| 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 sterile radioactive pharmaceuticals to diagnose or to treat disease. |
| Brand Name | The name under which a manufacturer markets a drug. Trade name like tylenol |
| Generic Name | A common name that is given to a drug regardless of brand name; sometimes denotes a drug that is not protected by a trade mark such as Acetamenaphen. |
| Formulary | A list of drugs that have been pre-approved for use by a committee of health professionals used in hospitals, in managed care, and by many insurance providers. |
| HMO | Health Maintenance organization an organization that provides health insurance using a managed care model. |
| Pharmacutics | The study of the release characteristics of specific drug dosage forms |
| controled substance | A drug with potential for abuse; organized into five schedules that specify the way the drug must be stored, dispensed, recorded, and inventoried |
| Over the counter Drug | A medication that FDA has licensed provider for a valid medical purpose. |
| Legend Drug | A drug that requires a prescription from a licensed provider for a valid medical purpose. |
| Drug | Any substance taken into or applied to the body for the purpose of altering the body's biochemical funtions amd thus its physiological processes. |
| Package Insert | Scientific information supplied to the pharmacist and technician by the manufacturer with all prescription drug products; the information must be approved by FDA. |
| Child Resistant Container | A container designed to prevent child access in order to reduce the number of accidental poisoning. |
| Orphan Drug | A medication approved by the FDA to treat rare diseases. |
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