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NDC Number
NSN Number
National Drug Code is a number used by the pharmacist to identify the drug and method of packaging
NSN = national supply number (code used to order the drug)
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Drug Quantity
total amount of drug in the container
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Trade Name
brand name or proprietary name (usually followed by trademark symbol)
Can be all caps or first letter Capitalized
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Generic Name
- official accepted name of the drug - as listed in the USP (United States Pharmacopeia) -
- - a drug may have several trade names (different manufacturerers can make the same drug with different trade names) but only one official generic name
The generic name is NOT capitalized
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Drug Strength
- Strength of the drug -
- solid drugs = metric weight
- liquid drugs = label states solution of drug in a solvent
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Drug Form
type of preparation in the container
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Usual dosage
identifies who would recieve the drug & how much drug is administered at a single time or during a 24-hour period
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Route of Administration
How drug is to be given - orally, parenterally (injection), topically
If label does not specifiy route - the durg is an oral form
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Storage
conditions needed to protect the drug from losing it potency
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Precautions
special instructions related to safety, effectivemess, and/ or administration
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Manufacturer's Name
Company to contact with questions
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Expiration Date
Drug expires on last day of month indicated - can't be used after that
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Lot Number
Batch of drug from which the stock came
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Additives
ingredients added to bind the drug (tables), make it dissolve more easily, or produce a specific pH, etc.
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Reconstitition
- some drug are dispensed in a dry (powder) form that need to be reconstituted (dissolved)
- - label will give specific instructins about how to reconstitute and what type and how much liquid to use
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ampule
- glass container that holds a single sterile dose of drug - liquid, powder, or crystal
- - container has a narrow neck that must be broken to reach the drug - nurse uses a syringe to withdraw the medication
- - once oepened, cannot be kept sterile so anything not used must be discarded
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vial
glass or plastic container witha sealed rubber top - can be kept sterile
single-done vials to not contain preservative or bacteriostatic agent and must be discarded are dose is prepared
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prefilled cartridges
small vials with a needle attached - must be placed into a metal or plastic holder to inject the dose
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transdermal patches
adhesive bandaged placed on the skin - hold a drug that is slowly absorbed into circualtion over a period of hours or days
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Lozenges and pastilles
disklike solids that slowly dissolve in the mouth
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Stock bottles
hold medication that is dispensed over a period of days
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unit-dose
individually wrapped and labeled brugs
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parenteral
drugs in solid or liquid form that are given by injection, via the specified route on the order
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topical
route of administration to skin or mucous membranes
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Suppositories
molded form - medicaion is in a substance (such as Cocoa Butter) that melts at body temp and releases the drug
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