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PTCE Handout #8

PTCE Handout #8. 2011-2012. For a generic drug to be considered bioequivalent, it must contain the same active ingredient as does the original, as well as be identical in strength, route of admin., and Color Inactive ingredients Price Dose form Dose form.

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PTCE Handout #8

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  1. PTCE Handout #8 2011-2012

  2. For a generic drug to be considered bioequivalent, it must contain the same active ingredient as does the original, as well as be identical in strength, route of admin., and • Color • Inactive ingredients • Price • Dose form Dose form

  3. The Pharm. Tech receives a prescription for Tiazac, but the patient had a Rx for verapamil filled last week. What should the Pharm. Tech do? • Fill the prescription, because it is not the same drug • Notify the Pharmacist of a duplication • Call the Dr. to discuss • D/C Verapamil; fill the Tiazac Notify the Pharmacist of duplication

  4. Prescription: Fosamax 70 mg 1 weekly at bedtime; refill x 1 year. Why should you question this? • It is a daily medication. • It does not come in the strength order. • It should be taken in the morning and the patient should remain supine. • It may only refill 5 times or 6 months. It should be taken in the morning and the patient should remain supine.

  5. Which medication does not have to be dispensed in a child resistant container? • Oxycodone 5 mg tablets • Levofloxacin 500 mg tablets • Digoxin 0.125 mg tablets • Pancrelipase capsules Pancrelipase capsules

  6. Mrs. Jones asked you to refill her heart medication. Which of the following medication on her profile will you refill? • Nexium • Cardizem • Premarin • Zoloft Cardizem

  7. Crash carts contain medication and equipment for • patient’s daily use • Emergency use • physician use • sterile product preparation emergency use

  8. The suffix that indicates a tumor is • -oma • -graphy • -scopy • -lol -oma

  9. A patient requests that you refill her “little pink water pill.” Which drug from her profile will you select? • Synthroid 200 micrograms • hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg • propranolol 10 mg • allopurinol 300 mg hydrochlorothiazide 25 mg

  10. What is the range of gauge that needles are available in? • 3/8 to 6 inches • ½ to 3 inches • 13 to 30 • 18 to 22 13 to 30

  11. When breaking the top of an ampule, break it • away from you • toward the HEPA filter • toward you • outside the hood away from you

  12. Rx: Catapres 12.5 mg #90, sig: 1 potid ac for CHF. Which of the following directions should be on the label? • Take one capsule three times a day for congestive heart failure. • Take one capsule three times a day after meals for congestive heart failure • Take one tablet three times a day before meals for congestive heart failure • Take one table three times a day with meals. c

  13. What is the generic name for Plavix? • celecoxib • clopidogrel • clonidine • citalopram clopidogrel

  14. Which of the following drugs is of the same therapeutic class as verapamil? • Cymbalta • Clozaril • Cordarone • Cardizem Cardizem

  15. High levels of cholesterol in the bloodstream are a risk factor for • diabetes • atherosclerosis • deep vein thrombosis • cancer atherosclerosis

  16. Which organ in the body is responsible for the release of insulin? • pancreas • adrenal glands • liver • thyroid pancreas

  17. Which of the following laboratory test relates to liver function tests (LFTS), which have to be drawn on all patients who are taking statins? • serum creatinine and BUN • uric acid • SGOT and SGTP • Triglyceride SGOT and SGTP

  18. Which of the following dose forms will deliver NTG over a continuous 24-hour period? • ointment • sublingual tablets • aerosol • transdermal patch transdermal patch

  19. Palonosetron (Aloxi) is an IV therapy to • prevent nausea and vomiting • prevent organ transplant rejection • treat breast cancer • dissolve blood clots prevent nausea and vomiting

  20. Which of the following are homographs of each other? • Clonidine, Klonopin • Clonidine, Catapres • Clonazepam, Klonopin • Clonazepam, Clonidine Clonidine, Klonopin

  21. If a patient uses 52 units of insulin at bedtime, which size syringe is best? Sizes are 3/10 cc (0-30 units/ml); ½ or 0.5 cc (31-99 units/ml), and 1 cc (50-100 units /ml). • 0.5 ml • 1 ml • 3 ml • 5 ml 1 ml

  22. Which of the following medications require special handling and preparation? • a. fluorouracil • b. fluoxetine • c. fluticasone • d. fomepizole fluorouracil

  23. Which of the following drugs should not be touched by pregnant women? • Proscar • Prinivil • Prilosec • Primacor Proscar

  24. What is the name for the general cost of doing business? • overall cost • income • overhead • professional handling overhead

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