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27 Cards in this Set
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What is the study of drugs that alter functions of living organisms?
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Pharmacology
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What is also called "Drug Therapy" and is the use of drugs to prevent, dignose, or treat signs and symptoms, and disease processes?
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Pharmacotherapy
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What does drug therapy aim to do?
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lessen disease processes rather than cure them
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Drugs given for therapeutic purposes are called?
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Medications
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Drugs such as sunscreen lotions that mainly act at the site of application are those with?
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Local Effects
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These drugs are taken into the body and circulated through the blood stream to their sites of action in various body tissues? Most drugs are given for this effect.
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Systemic Effect
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This law and its amendemants regulate the manufacture, distribution, advertising, and labeling of drugs?
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The Food,Drug, and Cosmetic Act of 1938
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This ammendment has designed drugs that must be prescribed by a physician and dispensed by a pharmacist?
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The Durham-Humphrey Amendment
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This is charged with enforcing the Controlled substance Act?
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
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Title II of this law, passed in 1970, called the Controlled Substance Act, regulates the manufacture and distribution of narcotics, stimulants, depressants, hallucinogens, and anabolic steriods?
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Comphrehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act
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Prescriptions for what schedule drugs can't be refulled;a new precription is required?
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Schedule II
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Products containing moderate amounts of controlled substances. They may be dispensed by the pharmacist w/out a Doc's order, but w/ some restrictions regarding amount,& record keeping?
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Schedule V
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Example of a Schedule V drug?
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Antidiarrheal drugs such as diphenoxylate and atropine (Lomotil)
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Drugs w/ some potential for abuse?
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Schedule IV
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Examples of Schedule IV drugs?
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benzodiazepines(diasePAM,lorzePAM,temzePAM) other sedative hypnotics (phenobaribital, chloral hydrate)and some prescription appetite suppressants(mazindol, phentermine)
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Drugs with less potential for abuse, but can lead to psychological or physical dependence?
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Schedule III
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Examples of Schedule III drugs?
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Androgens and Anabolic Steriods, Ketamine, some CNS stimulants(benzphetamine) and mixtures containing small amounts of controlled substances(codeine, barbiturates not listed in other schedules)
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Drugs that are used medically and have high abuse potentials?
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Schedule II
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Example of Schedule II drugs?
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Opoid Analgesics: (codiene, hydromorphone, methadone, meoeridine, morphinem oxycodone, oxymorphone)CNS stimulants (cocaine, methamphetamine, methylphenidate)and Barbiturate Sedative-Hypnotics (amobarbital, pentobarbital,secobarbital)
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Drugs that are not approved for medical use and have high abuse potentials?
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Schedule I
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Example of Schedule I drugs?
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Flunitrazepam(Rohypnol),GHB, herion, LSD, marijuana, MDMA or ecstasy, mescaline, peyote, tetrahydrocannabinol
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A status of "1P" indicates what?
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A new drug reviewed in a priority basis & w/ some therapeutic advantages over similar drugs already available
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A status of "1S" indicates?
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Standard review and drugs w/ few if any, therapeutic advantages
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Most newly approved drugs are?
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1S prescription drugs
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What involes the cost of drug therapy, including costs of purchasing, dispensing, storage, administration, lab and other tests, losses due to expiration,and length of illness or hospitalization?
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Pharmacoeconomics
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Most modern medications are?
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Synthetic products manufactured in labs
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What is the standard by which similar drugs are compared?
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A prototype drug
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