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Which schedule includes cough suppressants containing codeine and medications for diarrhea?
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C-V |
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Your friend is working at a group home for people with severe developmental disabilities and tells you he administers meds. You know he is not a doctor or nurse and is not, in fact, any sort of licensed health professional. Is this legal?
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Yes, because unlicensed assistive personnel can legally administer medication |
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What is the term for drugs used to treat rare diseases that, because they will be used for so few people, have low profitability?
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Orphan drugs |
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Drug standards require that all preparations called by the same drug name must be of uniform________.
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Strength, quality and purity. |
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Drugs on which schedule may have prescriptions written out by a health care practitioner, but must be signed by a physician?
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C-IV |
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Under the schedules used in the US, which drugs have high abuse potential and can be dispensed only with a written prescription? |
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Quinn hears on the news that the FDA has asked a company to withdraw a medication. Under what circumstances can the FDA do this?
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when the benefits of a drug outweigh its risks |
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What legislation was created in response to a 1937 incident in which an inadequately tested drug caused the deaths of 100 people? |
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