Pharmacy Practice Quiz

Which of the following factors are associated with a patient’s non-adherence to the prescribed therapeutic regimen?

• How often the medication is taken

• The cost of the medication

• The duration of therapy

• All of these

• None of these

The part of the prescription that is understood to mean "thou take" or "you take”

• Medications prescribed

• Signatura

• Rx symbol

• Superscription

• Subscription

The part of the prescription that is also known as the inscription

• Medications prescribed

• Signatura

• Rx symbol

• Superscription

• Subscription

The part of the prescription that refers to the dispensing direction to the pharmacist

• Medications prescribed

• Signaltura

• Rx symbol

• Superscription

• Subscription

Which of the following is a dispensing direction for the pharmacist?

• Gtt i-ii ou BID

• M ft caps dtd #50

• Inh 2 puffs PO q 4 to 6 h prn difficulty breathing

• Ii tabs PO q 4 h

• 50 units SC q AM

The packaging suitable for dispensing bulk powders

• Round vials

• Wide-mouth bottles

• Dropper bottles

• Ointment jars

• Collapsible tubes

How would you counsel a patient who is prescribed a ketoconazole and an antacid, knowing that the ketoconazole requires an acidic environment to achieve dissolution after oral administration?

• Advice the patient that both drugs could be taken together

• Advice the patient to go back to the doctor and have the ketoconazole replaced with another drug

• Advice the patient to take the antacid two hours after taking ketoconazole

• Advice the patient to go to the doctor and have both drugs changed

• Advice the patient to stop taking both medications

The mechanism of drug interaction between tetracycline and milk, tetracycline and aluminum or magnesium-containing antacids

• Alteration of gastric emptying rate

• Complexation

• Alteration of Ph

• Alteration of Gl distribution

• Alteration of distribution

The mechanism of drug interaction between oral contraceptives and antibiotics

• Alteration of Gl flo1ra

• Alteration of ph

• Complexation and adsorption

• Alteration of distribution

• Alteration of metabolism in the GIT

The mechanism of drug interaction between phenytoin and valproic acid

• Displacement from protein binding site

• Drug-food interaction

• Alteration of Gl flora

• Stimulation of metabolism

• Alteration of active transport