Last minute terms

potentiation

when one drug amplifies the effcet of another drug without having a significant effect on its own

antagonism

occurs when on drug blocks or reduces the effect of another.

OU

both eyes

AU

both ears

AD

Right ear

AS

Left ear

black waste container

designed for hazardous pharmecuetical waste and highly toxic substances

FDA

approve drugs, regulate medications and medical devices, and monitor drug safety

CDC

prevent disease, create vaccine recommendations, track outbreaks

DEA

enforce controlled substances

ISMP

prevent medication errors, create recomendations not laws

USP

sets safety standards for medication quality and compounding

NIOSH

identify hazardous drugs and recommend safe handling techniques.

TJC

accredits hospitals and healthcare organizations

yellow chemotherapy waste container

designated for trace amounts of hazardous drug contaimination

A rated drug

medications that the FDA considers therapeutically equivalent and fully safe to substitute for one another

B rated drugs

medications that are not considered therapeutically equivalent because they don’t meet the bioequivalence standards or because they cannot be substituted

USP 795

non sterile compounding (Capsules, creams, ointments, oral solution, suspension)

USP 797

sterile compounding (IV Preparations, sterile injections, ophthalmic preparations)

USP 800

hazardous (drugs that cause cancer, reproductive harm, organ toxicity)

controlled substance act 1970

created the DEA and set up the 5 drug schedules based on abuse potential and medical use

posion prevention packagaing act 1980

required child-resistant safety caps on most prescriptions

durham-humphrey amendment 1951

seperated OTC and prescription drugs

food, drug, and cosmetic act 1938

established that the FDA required proof of safert before a drug could be marketed

combat methamphetamine epidemic

regulates retail sale of OTC pseduoephedrine and set limits as well as requiring photo ID and logbook

omnibus budget reconocilliation act

requires pharmacists to offer counseling to medicaid patients and preform drug utilization reviews DUR

form 222

ordering schedule 2 controlled substances

form 106

report theft or significant loss of controlled

form 41

document destruction/ disposal of controlled

kefauver-harris amendment of 1862

requires all medication in the US to be pure, safe, and effective

drug price competition and patent term restoration act

creation of generic of brand name medications