Pharmacy and Health Care

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Who showed that heat can be used to kill microorganisms associated with food spoilage?

Pasteur (correct)
Banting and Best
Watson and Crick
Fleming

Who discovered penicillin could kill some bacteria?

Banting and Best
Watson and Crick
Fleming (correct)
Marker

The area of greatest employment for pharmacists is?

Hospitals
Mail order operations
Community pharmacies (correct)
Managed care

To become a pharmacist in the U.S.,

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

Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) expanded the role of the pharmacist to include

MTM services (B) Signup and view all the answers

Pharmacy computer systems generally offer

all of the above (D) Signup and view all the answers

Another name for aspirin is

acetylsalicylic acid (B) Signup and view all the answers

Cocaine is

a local anesthetic (A) Signup and view all the answers

Digitals (Foxglove) is used to treat

heart disease (C) Signup and view all the answers

Progesterone is used for

birth control (A) Signup and view all the answers

Penicillin is

an antibiotic (A) Signup and view all the answers

Insulin lowers

blood sugar (B) Signup and view all the answers

Gardasil is

a vaccine (A) Signup and view all the answers

Another name for procaine is

novocaine (C) Signup and view all the answers

The law that requires pharmacists to provide counseling services to Medicaid patients is (the)

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (B) Signup and view all the answers

MTM services are associated with which law?

Medicare Modernization Act (A) Signup and view all the answers

Match the term

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 Signup and view all the answers

Match the term

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 Signup and view all the answers

Match the term

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 Signup and view all the answers

Match the term

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 Signup and view all the answers

The natural drug that is the forerunner to aspirin comes from the coca leaves

False (B) Signup and view all the answers

Most drugs used today are made synthetically

True (A) Signup and view all the answers

Digitalis comes from the foxglove plant

True (A) Signup and view all the answers

Cocaine was the first synthetic hormone

True (A) Signup and view all the answers

In 1900 the average American lived only until their 40s

True (A) Signup and view all the answers

More pharmacists and technicians are employed in community pharmacies than in any other setting

True (A) Signup and view all the answers

The second largest area of employment for pharmacists and technicians is long-term care

False (B) Signup and view all the answers

The field of biotechnology has become the least dynamic area of pharmaceutical research and development

False (B) Signup and view all the answers

According to Gallup Polls, Pharmacists consistently rank as one of the most highly trusted and ethical professions in the US

True (A) Signup and view all the answers

Smartphones are not currently used to access drug information

False (B) Signup and view all the answers

The first publicized operation using general anesthesia was performed using ____ as the anesthesia

ether (D) Signup and view all the answers

The field of _____ has resulted from the study of the human genome

biotechnology (B) Signup and view all the answers

Dioscordies was a/an ______ physician

Greek (C) Signup and view all the answers

Who developed an oral polio vaccine?

Sabin (B) Signup and view all the answers

An authoritative listing of drugs and issues related to their use is a(n)

pharmacopeia (A) Signup and view all the answers

Care that is managed by an insurer is

managed care (B) Signup and view all the answers

Pharmacists are paid approximately ____ for MTM services

$1-3 per hour (C) Signup and view all the answers

Carl Koller discovered cocaine was useful for local anesthesia in _____ surgery.

dental (A) Signup and view all the answers

Basic Roman Numerals and Values

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

Basic Roman Numerals and Values

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

Match the terms

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 Signup and view all the answers

Match the terms

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 Signup and view all the answers

The first physician known by name was

Imhotep (C) Signup and view all the answers

Hippocrates' approach to medicine was based on

careful observation (B) Signup and view all the answers

The ancient Greek goddess of Medicinal Herbs was

Panacea (B) Signup and view all the answers

Aspirin is made from salicylic acid from the bark of the _______ tree.

white willow (A) Signup and view all the answers

_____was the first effective local anesthetic

cocaine (B) Signup and view all the answers

The pharmaceutical manufacturing industry devotes about _____ of its income to research and development

1/6 (B) Signup and view all the answers

______ protects against illegal copying of new discoveries

patenting (C) Signup and view all the answers

The FDA is required to

to monitor a drug for any adverse effects (C) Signup and view all the answers

The length of time from the beginning of development of a new drug to FDA approval is often more than

10 (C) Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

What did Pasteur discover?

Heat can be used to kill microorganisms associated with food spoilage.

What did Fleming discover?

Penicillin could kill some bacteria.

Greatest employment area for pharmacists?

Community pharmacies.

How to become a pharmacist in the U.S.?

Graduate from an accredited college of pharmacy, pass a state licensing exam, and perform experiential training.