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Reconstitution
mixing liquid and powder to form suspension or solution
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Levigation
- suspended solid in a liquid
- mix particles with base vehicle, in which they are insoluble, to produce a smooth dispersion of the drug by rubbing wit ha spatula on a tile
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Absorption bases
greasy, occlusive, difficult to spread, nonwashable, anhydrous
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PRN order
can be filled whenever needed by the patient
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Automatic stop order
only active for limited period of time, then new med order is required to continue
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Drug topics RED book
drug costs
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Drug topics ORANGE book
therapeutic equivalence
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National Formulary
standards for pharm ingredients
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USP
national standards for drug substances and dosage forms
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Degrees of Coldness
- Cold > 8 C (46F)
- 8C < Cool < 15C (46 - 59F)
- 15C < Room temp < 30C (59 - 86F)
- 40C (104F) < Excessively hot
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Ointment bases
- Aquaphor, Anhydrous - absorbent base
- hydrophilic ointment - oil/water base (hydrous)
- Eucerin - water/oil base (hydrous)
- PEG - water-miscible base (hydrous)
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Therapeutic Codes
- A - therapeutically equivalent to other pharmaceutically equivalent products
- B - FDA does not consider drug at this time to be therapeutically equivalent to other drugs
- AB - meets bioequivalence requirements
- AA - does not present bioequivalence problems in conventional forms
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Potentiation
one drug prolongs effect of another drug
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Synergism
combined effect of 2 drugs is greater than the sum of both drugs effects
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Syringes: low-dose, oral, tuberculin, U-100
- low-dose and U-100: inject insulin.
- Tuberculin: inject various parenteral substances into body
- Oral: for oral suspension like Amoxicillin Pediatric Drops
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CADD Prizm PCS Pump
patient controlled analgesia (PCA) device
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CADD-Plus Pump
used to infuse antibiotics
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CADD-TPN
used to infuse total parenteral nutrition
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Elastometric balloon system
infusion device where meds is inside pressurized balloon reservoir and infused by deflating balloon
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Single-dose container
single-unit container for parenteral only
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White petrolatum is what kind of ointment base
oleaginous
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Pyxis Medstation
automated dispensing device kept on nursing unit
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What is not required on medication order label?
- Medication number
- Required: expiration date, lot number, name and lcoation of patient
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What is not found on patient package insert?
- Expiration date and lot number
- Required: description of meds, indications for meds, revisions of labeling
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