Ptcb Vocab

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Body Surface Area formula

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Sqrt ((height in cm * weight in kg)/3600)

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GPO

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Group purchasing organizations: groups of pharmacies, health systems and hospitals that join together to increase purchasing power and negotiate lower prices for medications

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Hospital formulary

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List of drugs that the pharmacy stocks that are available to resident prescribers

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Retail formulary

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List of drugs that are / are not covered under different health insurance benefit plans

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Medication order

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A prescription written for an in-patient facility like a Hospital Pharmacy

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Prescription

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Written request from prescriber or verbal / telephone order in an outpatient facility often seen at retail pharmacies; medications are dispensed to patients who are self-administering at home

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Legend drugs

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Drugs that can only be acquired with a prescription

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Vials

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Closed system containers

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Regulatory Agencies

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FDA DEA State Pharmacy Board

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Syringes

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.5 milliliter to 60 milliliter

Fill to one-half or two-thirds capacity

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Accrediting agencies

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TJC, AHSP, CMS

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Comminution

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Reducing large material to minute particles / fragments

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Ampules

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Closed system containers only until they're opened, do not open in a non-sterile environment

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Needles

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Measuring the length of the rest of needle, also known as gauge

Shortest is 3/8 inch longer than three and a half inch

Bigger gauge corresponds with smaller without needle , gauge range : 13 - 27

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Parenteral Administration

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Routes of administration by any other means but orally, for example IV, nasally, etc.

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Trituration

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Reducing particle size of already ground up compound

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Anti-arrhythmic agent

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Treats irregular heart rhythm

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Coronary vasodilators

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Treats angina

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Antiplatelet agents

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Prevent heart strokes

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Vasodilators

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Treats hypertension

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Angiotensin II Receptor Antagonists

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Treats hypertension

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ACE inhibitors

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Treats hypertension

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CA Channel blockers

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Treats hypertension

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Inotropic agents

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Treats congestive heart failure

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Centrally acting antihypertensive agents

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Treats hypertension

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Beta blockers

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Treats hypertension and angina

Not for people with chronic heart disease asthma or diabetes

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Angina

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Localized pain caused by inadequate amount of blood supply to Heart

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Immunosuppressants

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Drugs given to patient with recent transplants

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Hyperuricemia and gout medicine

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Treat gout , a form of arthritis

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Hematinic agents

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Treats anemia and megaloblastic anemia

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Colony and erythrocytes stimulators

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Treat low erythrocytes

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Benign prostatic hyperplasia

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Enlarged prostate gland

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Class 1 recall

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Continuing use of medication can result in major harm or death

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Class 2 recall

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Continuing use of medication can cause serious adverse effects or reversible health consequences

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Class 3 recall

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Continuing use of medication isn't likely to cause a serious adverse effect but a small chance of injury exists

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Diuretic

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Promotes increased production of urine

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Penicillin

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Antibiotics which include penicillin G, penicillin V, procaine penicillin, and benzathine penicillin

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Orange book

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FDA approved drugs, therapeutic and bioequivalence of drugs

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Graves' Disease

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Most common cause of hyperthyroidism

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Potentiation

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Drug-to-drug interactionsTwo

Two drugs are taken together and one of them intensifies the action of the other

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Antagonism

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Drug to drug interaction. When two drugs work against each other

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Synergism

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Drive to drug interaction. When the effect of to drive together is greater than the sum of their individual effects

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Durham - Humphrey Amendment

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The amendment defined prescription drugs as those unsafe for self-medication and which should therefore be used only under a doctor's supervision

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Red Book

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Leading resource for information on drug pricing