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Pharmacy Technician Certification Exam
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Apothecary - \Latin term for Pharmacist, a place where drugs are sold Bloodletting - \A practice of draining blood, believed to release illness Caduceus - \A staff that belonged to Hermes, a Greek God, two entwined snakes and two wings at the top Opioid - \Any agent that binds to opioid receptors Opium - \An analgesic that is made from the poppy plant Dogma - \A principle or set of principles laid down by authority that are incontrovertibly true Hippocratic oath - \An oath taken by physicians concerning ethics and practice of medicine Inpatient pharmacies - \Pharmacists in hospitals or other institutional settings Laudanum - \A mixture of opium and alcoholic that treated illness in the 1800s Leeches - \A segmented worm that has suckers and attaches itself to the hosts skin and engorges on the hosts blood Maggots - \Flies that eat dead tissues, used in medicine to clean wounds, without responding to antibiotics Pharmacist - \Person who dispenses drugs and counsels patients on medication use and any interactions it may have with food or other drugs Pharmacy -
\A place where drugs are sold Pharmacy clerk - \Person who assist the pharmacist at the front counter of the pharmacy who accepts payment for medications PTCB - \Pharmacy Technician Certification Board; issues a national exam for pharmacy technicians Shaman - \A person who holds a high place of honor in a tribe as a healer and spiritual mediator Medicine - \The science and art dealing with the maintenance of health and the prevention, alleviation, or cure of disease Staff of Asclepius - \The symbol of the medical profession; it is a wingless staff with one snake wrapped around it Trephining - \A practice of making an opening in the head to allow the disease to leave the body Aristole - \Greek scientist, philosopher Asclepius - \Greek god of healing and medicine Bacon, Roger - \English scientist responsible for scientific methods Crick, Francis & Watson James - \Discoverer of the molecular structure of DNA, the double helix Domagk, Gerhard - \Developed sulfonamides and synthetic antibiotics Fleming, Alexander - \Discovered penicillin, first antibiotic Galen, Claudius - \Greek physician Hippocrates -
\First describes ABO, B, AB, and O blood groups Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins 1906 - \Suggests vitamins are essential to health Dr.Paul Dudley White 1913 - \One of the first cardiologists, pioneers use of electrocardiograph Edward Mellanby 1921 - \Discovers the lack of vitamin D causes rickets Edward Mellanby 1922 - \First uses insulin to treat diabetes Sir Alexander Fleming 1928 - \discovered penicillin Gerhard Domagk 1932 - \Discovered sulfanilamide Herbals - \A substance made from or using herbs Vaccines did not develop until when? - \1796, with the first immunization against smallpox in England What is an old remedy that physicians have used successfully in many cases as a means of avoiding amputation? - \Leeches Antibiotics are normally used as the first course of treatment but physicians have used __________ to do the manual work of restoring the wound to a recoverable stage when antibiotics are ineffective. - \Bees The division between physicians and pharmacists began after which war? - \Civil War The first 7-Up drink was made with _____ and was sold from soda fountains for conditions such as gout, uremia, and rheumatism. - \Lithium The ________ prohibited pharmacists from making cocaine contains preparations so they began to sell plain soda drinks. - \Harrison Drug Narcotic Act of 1914
Some colleges are offering specialized training programs for pharmacy technicians except? - \Clinical pharmacy The ASHP created competencies for technicians in organized health care settings and qualifications for entry level technicians in hospitals in which year? -
Absorption - \The taking in of nutrients and drugs into the body from food and liquids Behind-the-counter (BTC) - \Nonprescription drugs that are kept behind the pharmacy counter; limited amounts may be sold, or the customer may require the permission of a pharmacist to purchase them Bioavailability - \The degree to which a drug or other substance becomes available to the target tissue after administration Bioequivalence - \The relationship between 2 drugs that have the same dosage and dosage form and that have the same bioavailability. Generic versions of a med must show bioequivalence to the innovator product as a requirement of drug approval. Distribution - \The movement of a medication throughout the blood, organs, and tissues after administration Elimnation - \The final evacuation of a drug or other substance from the body via normal body processes such as kidney elimination (urine), biliary excretion (bile to stool), sweat, respiration, or saliva Enteral - \A route of administration by way of the intestine, such as orally, rectally, or sublingually first pass effect - \A process in which a portion of the drug dose is metabolized before the drug has a chance to be distributed systemically. Half life - \1) the time required for a chemical to be decreased by one half
- the time required for half the amount of a substance, such as a drug in a living system, to be eliminated or disintegrated by natural processes
- the time required for the concentration of a substance in a body fluid (blood plasma) to decrease by half
gelatin capsule - \gel cap Liquid - \Liq Lotion - \Lot lozenge - \loz metered-dose inhaler - \MDI Mixture - \Mix Ointment - \oint Patch, transdermal - \Patch, TD Powder - \Pdr Solution - \Sol Spirit - \Sp syrup - \Syr Tablet - \Tab
