Prescription LABEL requirements. FDCA (REGULATES)
Answer(s): A
Food, drug, and cosmetics act. -name and adress of Pharmacy -rx number -dates -name of prescriber-name of patient -directions (dosage) -quantity, manufacturer, expiration, initials of dispensing pharmacists, pharmacy phone number, refills.
Referring patients to PharmD
If the question being asked does NOT have a FACTUAL answer ex. What is the generic name for xanax? Than the tech MUST refer the patient to the pharmD. Because:1. Drug-Drug interactions2. Drug-Disease state interactions3. Drug-Food interactions -aspirin and coumadin interact could cause internal bleeding. -sudafed worsens high blood pressure and diabetes -absorption of cipro, tertacycline decrease when taken with food. Absorption of ketoconazole increase when taken with fatty foods. Grapefruit interacts with calcium channel blockers and estrogens. warfarin interacts with food high in vitamin k
Dosage Forms-Tablets
-most popular -mechanicaIIy compressed -dissoIution in stomach (slow)
Chewable tablets
Chewed and dissolved in the mouth prior to swallowing, can be swallowed whole.
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