Pharmacy Technician - A person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and
other health care products to paitents
Pharmacist - A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide
drug info to pat
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Pharmacy Technician - A person who helps liscensed pharmacists provide meds and
other health care products to paitents
Pharmacist - A perspn who is educated & loscened to dispense drugs and to provide
drug info to patients and other health care providers
U.S. D.E.A. - United States Drug Enforcement Administration -enforces federal laws &
regulations governing controlled substances
Schedule I Drugs - Abuse potential- high abuse potential ( no medical use accepted)
No prescriptions allowed
Examples- heroin/LSD/mary jane/PCP/amphetamines
Schedule II Drugs - Abuse potential- high/accepted medical use
Prescription required (no refills unless prescription written to renew)
Examples- Cocaine/codeine/amphetamine salts (adderall)/opium/morphine
Schedule III Drugs - Abuse potential- moderate (medical usage)
Refills 5 times in a six month period
Examples- compounded drugs with small amounts of narcotics (other drugs with high
potential for abuse like tylenol or empirin with codeine tablets) and certain barbituratesk.
Schedule IV Drugs - Potential abuse- low (medical usage)
Prescription required (5 refills in 6 month period)
Example- barbital/diazepam (Valium)
Schedule V Drugs - Potential abuse- low abuse (medical usage)
Prescription- none but must 18 y.o. To buy
Acu- - Abrupt, sudden (acute)
Adeno- - Gland (adenoid)
Adipo- - Fat (adipose)
Aero- - Air (aerosol)Alb- - White (albumin)
Ambulo- - Walk (ambulatory)
Andro- - Male (androgen)
Angio- - Vessel (angiogram)
Arthr- - Joint (arthritis)
Bucc/a- - Inside of cheek (buccal)
Carcin/o- - Crab,cancer (carcinogen)
Cardi- - Heart (cardiology)
Cereb- - Brain (cerebrum)
Chemo- - Chemistry/chemical (chemotherapy)
Chol- - Bile (cholangiogram)
Cyst- - Urinary bladder (cystoscopy)
Cyt- - Cell (cytology)
Dactyl- - Finger (syndactylism)
Dermat- - Skin (dermatologist)
Encephal- - Brain (electroencephalogram
Erythro- - Red (erythrocytes)
Gastr- - Stomach (gastric acid)
Gluco- - Sugar (glucose)
Hemo- - Blood (hematoma)
Hepat- - Liver (hepatoma)
Hydro- - Water (hydrocephalus)
Lachry- - Tear (lach
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