Pharmacy and Health Care - CH 1

<p>An individual must graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, pass a state licensing exam, and perform experiential training working under a licensed pharmacist</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>MTM services</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>all of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>acetylsalicylic acid</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a local anesthetic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>heart disease</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>birth control</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>an antibiotic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>blood sugar</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>a vaccine</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>novocaine</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Medicare Modernization Act</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Human Genome Project = An attempt to map the entire DNA sequence in the human genome; provided a better understanding of hereditary diseases and how to treat them. Cost control = A significant trend in recent health care has been the effort to control the cost of prescription drugs; closed formularies that rely substantially on substituting generic drugs in place of more expensive brands computerization = Pharmacy computer systems put customer profiles, product, inventory, pricing, and other essential information within easy access; able to dispense more prescriptions and information than ever before. herbal medicine = Using drugs derived from plants to treat illnesses and other physical conditions for thousands of years</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Quinine = the first useful drug in the treatment of malaria, one of mankind's most deadly diseases. It was extracted from the bark of a Peruvian tree, the cinchona. average lifespan = By 2017, the measure of health is expected to have increased by over 30 years since 1900 insulin = the hormone that lowers blood sugar in the treatment of diabetes penicillin = first antiboitic</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>germ theory = the theory that microorganisms cause food spoilage polio vaccine = the use of an injectable vaccine made from killed polio virus and an oral polio vaccine made from a weakened form of live polio virus was important to prevent the spread of the crippling and often fatal disease Cocaine = A local anesthetic found in coca leaves long-term care = Residence facilities that provide care on a long-term rather than short-term basis</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>MTM services = Services provided by a pharmacist that look at all the medications a patient is taking MMA = Expanded the role of the pharmacist to provide MTM services to some medicare patients Pharmacognosy = The study of physical, chemical, biochemical, and biological properties of drugs Penicillin = A drug produced by a fungus that kills bacteria</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>ether</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>biotechnology</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Greek</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Sabin</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>pharmacopeia</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>managed care</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>$1-3 per hour</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>dental</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>I = stands for 1 V = stands for 5 X = stands for 10 L = stands for 50</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>C = stands for 100 D = stands for 500 M = stands for 1000 LXXX = 80</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>antibiotic = a substance that harms or kills microorganisms like bacteria and fungi antitoxin = a substance that acts against a toxin in the body data = information that is entered into and stored in a computer system hormones = chemicals produced by the body that regulate body functions and processes</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>materia medica = generally pharmacology, but also refers to the drugs in use panacea = a cure all pharmaceutics = of or about drugs; drug products synthetic = combining simpler chemicals into more complex ones, creating a new chemical not found in nature</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Imhotep</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>careful observation</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Panacea</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>white willow</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cocaine</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>1/6</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>patenting</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>to monitor a drug for any adverse effects</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>10</p> Signup and view all the answers