Pharmacy Practice Chapter 3: Drug and Supplement Development

The discovery of the existence of microbes and their role in causing illness is known as the.....

Germ Theory

The development of a vaccine by Dr. Edward Jenner led to the eradication worldwide by 1979 of disease of....

Smallpox

Louis Pasteur not only discovered the process of pasteurization but this also proved......

Germs do exist.

The process by which patients are protected from harmful germs during surgery or procedure is called....

Aseptic Technique

Infections like malaria, bubonic plague, and Lyme disease are transmitted to humans by....

Insects and animals

Penicillin is an antibiotic, and it will not work to treat HIV/Aids. Why?

HIV/Aids is caused by a virus

Good sources of Vitamin B1 are beans, peas, lentils, barley, brown rice, and sunflower seeds. What disease is caused by a deficiency of Vitamin B1?

Beriberi

The hormone insulin was discovered and isolated for treatment of diabetes due to difficulties in the functioning of the....

Pancreas

Which drug was the first phsychopharmacutical drug approved by the FDA to treat Schizophrenia?

Chlorpromazine

Antineoplastic drugs require the technician to be careful when.....

Storing, Dispensing, and Compounding

Newer insulin products are not derived from their natural source but are engineered in a lab using gene technology. This type of drug is classified as a....

Biogenetically engineered drug

When receiving a prescription to fill and talking to a patient, you should complete a(n)......................to prevent the patient from having a bad reaction to the drug.

Allergy history

If a liquid has an unpleasant taste, what insert ingredient could be added to improve patient compliance?

Flavoring

A drug product from the horseshoe crab's blue blood is used for ensuring drugs, vaccines, and surgical implants are germ free. The drug is called ___________

Limulus amebocyte lysate

If a drug manufacturer makes a drug similar to a natural substance that mimics the therapeutic effects of the original substance, this laboratory drug is called a__________

Synthesized drug

Amoxicillin is a semi-synthetic drug that is designed to be________than penicillin.

More effective

During the drug research process, what group must approve the animal research studies before human trials will be allowed to begin in the U.S.?

FDA

What document signed by a research study participant states the purpose and risks of the research in easily understandable terms?

Informed Consent Form

After an INDA has been approved by the FDA, in which stage of clinical drug studies are patients with the disease first put on the drug therapy to test effectiveness?

Phase 2

A patient at the pharmacy is complaining about the high cost of a new brand medication to treat his heart disease. What might a pharmacy technician tell the patient to help him understand the reason for the cost?

Drug research and development is very costly, and only 1 in 5000 drug studies actually make it to the market.

In order for a generic drug to be considered for approval by the FDA, a generic pharmaceutical company must prove the generic drug product is?

Bioequivalent

Since the active ingredients in biotech drugs or biological drugs are made of natural and living materials, they are not able to be considered bioequivelent in the same way that generic drugs can be. To be able to be substituted for a brand biotech drug without permission, an alternative biotech drug must be deemed by the FDA to be____________

Interchangeable

For a drug to be given OTC status, the FDA will require a ___________ that clearly states all the information the patient will need to use the drug without a prescription.

Drug Facts box on the label

How are homeopathic medications different from OTC drugs?

Homeopathic drugs are not evaluated for safety or efficacy by the FDA.

You are helping a patient find a good quality fish oil supplement. What marketing on the label identifies the supplement as being of good quality?

USP verified

When might a pharmacy technician need to look at a national drug code assigned by the FDA?

While filling prescriptions, during inventory control, and during insurance reimbursement

Drug safety and surveillance works to ensure the public is not harmed by medications that are on the market in the US. When a patient complains a new medication is causing an extreme itchiness all over, what national database would be used to report this to the FDA?

MedWatch

A drug sold without a prescription is?

Over-the-Counter-Drug

A category of non-prescriptoin drugs that include vitamins, minerals, and herbs

Dietary Supplement

A drug that requires an order by a licensed provider for a valid medical purpose

Prescription Drug

A very small dilution of a natural substance taken to stimulate the body's immune system

Homeopathic Drug

Digoxin

Pharmacodynamic

Tracer radioactive isotope

Diagnostic

Germicidal hand wash

Prophylactic

Influenza vaccine

Prophylactic

Antidepressants

Theraputic

Antineoplastics

Destructive

Caffeine

Pharmacodynamics

Radioactive iodine

Destructive

Melatonin

Theraputic

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