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| Prescribe | Examples of health care members that can decide what med is to be given. |
| Treatment | What to do for the disease/illness, or injury. |
| Cure | What to do to make the disease/illness or injury go away or make it more tolerable. |
| Diagnosis | What disease/illness or injury a patient has acquired. |
| Prevention | What can be done to keep the disease/illness or injury from happening? |
| Prevention | Vaccines are examples of drugs that are used for? |
| Administer | Pharmacist, MD, RN, LVN, CMA can do what with medications? |
| Treatment | ASA (aspirin) is an example of a drug that is used for? |
| Diagnosis | Iodine for various X-rays is an example of a drug that is used for? |
| Cure | Erythromycin is an example of a drug that is used for? |
| BCP's (Birth Control Pills) is an example of drug that is used for? | Contraception |
| Health Maintenance | Vitamins and minerals are examples of drugs that are used for? |
| Drug standards | The same drug must be of uniform in strength, quality purity is called? |
| The recipe book for drugs. | United States Pharmacopedial/National Formulary (USP/NF)? |
| Chemical Name | Describes the chemical compound of the drug? |
| Is the official nonproprietary (not owned by someone) name? | Generic Name |
| Official Name | Usually the same name as the generic name? |
| Brand Name | The Trade and product names is also known as the? |
| Proprietary Name | Owned by someone? |
| Description | What the drug is made of? |
| Action | How the drug works? |
| Indications | What the drug is being used for? |
| Contraindications | Conditions under which the drug should not be used? |
| Precautions | Warnings to consider when administering a drugs to patients? |
| Adverse Reactions | Unintended or undesirable effects? |
| PDR | Where a CMA should look for drug information? |
| OTC | Abbreviation for over the counter drugs? |
| Pink | A CMA should look in what color pages in the PDR for medication information? |
| Hospital Formulary | Drug that are available for use at a particular institution? |
| Five | Number of controlled drug schedules? |
| The most potent and addictive drugs are schedule? | One |
| The least potent and addictive drugs are schedule? | Five |
| Drugs not seen in the hospital and used for experiments are in which schedule? | One |
| Interactions | Undesirable effects produced when drugs are taken with food or other drugs? |
