inactive substance gieven in pllace of a medication
Pediatric
having to do with treatment of children
Pharmaceutical Equivalent
drug products that contain identical amounts of the same active ingredients in the same dosage form
Therapeutic equivalent
pharmaceutical equivalents that produce the same effects in patient
Product labeling
important information that is not on the label of a drug product itself
Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act (CMEA)
Federal law that sets daily and monthly limits on OTC sale of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine
Exempt Narcotics
Medications with habit forming ingredients that could be dispersed by pharmacist without prescriptionto a person at least 18 years of age
Dual Marketing
Status of medications like plan B that are classified as both prescriptions and OTC drugs
Controlled substance mark
the mark (CII-CV) which indicates the control category of a drug with potential for abuse
Controlled substances
Five group of drugs identified by 1970 Controlled substance act (CSA) as having potential for abuse and whose distribution is therefore strictly controlled by five control schedules set forth by CSA