Pharm Ch1 Review

mixing liquid and powder to form suspension or solution

• 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

greasy, occlusive, difficult to spread, nonwashable, anhydrous

can be filled whenever needed by the patient

only active for limited period of time, then new med order is required to continue

drug costs

therapeutic equivalence

standards for pharm ingredients

national standards for drug substances and dosage forms

• Cold > 8 C (46F)
• 8C < Cool < 15C (46 - 59F)
• 15C < Room temp < 30C (59 - 86F)
• 40C (104F) < Excessively hot

• Aquaphor, Anhydrous - absorbent base
• hydrophilic ointment - oil/water base (hydrous)
• Eucerin - water/oil base (hydrous)
• PEG - water-miscible base (hydrous)

• 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

one drug prolongs effect of another drug

combined effect of 2 drugs is greater than the sum of both drugs effects

• low-dose and U-100: inject insulin.
• Tuberculin: inject various parenteral substances into body
• Oral: for oral suspension like Amoxicillin Pediatric Drops

patient controlled analgesia (PCA) device

used to infuse antibiotics

used to infuse total parenteral nutrition

infusion device where meds is inside pressurized balloon reservoir and infused by deflating balloon

single-unit container for parenteral only

oleaginous

automated dispensing device kept on nursing unit

• Medication number
• Required: expiration date, lot number, name and lcoation of patient

• Expiration date and lot number
• Required: description of meds, indications for meds, revisions of labeling