Drug Interactions,Drug approval,and OTC

A pharmacist and the books Handbook of Nonprescription Drugs and Facts and Comparisons

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In the same category, the drug effect is the sum of both drug effects.

One drug enhances the effect of another.

Two drugs in opposing drug categories cancel the drug effect of both drugs.

Has high potential for drug abuse with no accepted medical use.

High potential for drug abuse with accepted medical use.

Increase

• Delay diagnosis if self prescribed
• Mask symptoms
• Inactive ingredients may have adverse reaction
• Potential for overdose
• May pose dangerous interaction

Empowered the FDA to monitor and regulate the manufacture and marketing of drugs.

Distinguished between drugs that can be sold with or without a Rx and those that could not be refilled without a new Rx. With labeling of tranquilizers.

Tightened controls on drug safety in response to the thalidomide tragedy of the 1950s.

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Negligence; giving the wrong drug or drug dose that results in the death of a client

Omission; Omitting a drug that results in a client's death

Giving the right drug by the wrong rout that results in a client's death