Pharmacy and Health Care - CH 1

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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.,

<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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

Pharmacy computer systems generally offer

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

Another name for aspirin is

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

Cocaine is

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

Digitals (Foxglove) is used to treat

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

Progesterone is used for

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

Penicillin is

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

Insulin lowers

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

Gardasil is

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

Another name for procaine is

<p>novocaine (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

MTM services are associated with which law?

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

Match the term

<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

Match the term

<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

Match the term

<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

Match the term

<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

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

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Most drugs used today are made synthetically

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Digitalis comes from the foxglove plant

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Cocaine was the first synthetic hormone

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In 1900 the average American lived only until their 40s

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>False (B)</p> 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

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Smartphones are not currently used to access drug information

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>ether (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>biotechnology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Dioscordies was a/an ______ physician

<p>Greek (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who developed an oral polio vaccine?

<p>Sabin (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>pharmacopeia (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Care that is managed by an insurer is

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

Pharmacists are paid approximately ____ for MTM services

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

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

<p>dental (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Basic Roman Numerals and Values

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

Basic Roman Numerals and Values

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

Match the terms

<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

Match the terms

<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

The first physician known by name was

<p>Imhotep (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Hippocrates' approach to medicine was based on

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

The ancient Greek goddess of Medicinal Herbs was

<p>Panacea (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

_____was the first effective local anesthetic

<p>cocaine (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

______ protects against illegal copying of new discoveries

<p>patenting (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

The FDA is required to

<p>to monitor a drug for any adverse effects (C)</p> 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

<p>10 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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