Compounding
CHAPTER 3 Compounding The Federal Drug Administration (FDA) defines traditional pharmacy compounding as “the combining, mixing, or altering of ingredients to create a customized medication for an individual patient in…
Patient Education
CHAPTER 6 Patient Education I. Provide health care information regarding the prevention and treatment of diseases and medical conditions, including emergency patient care. A. Educate patients regarding their disease states…
Drug Information Resources
CHAPTER 4 Drug Information Resources The pharmacist is the healthcare professional who is the point-person for all drug information. Because it is impossible for any one person to know everything,…
Preparing for the NAPLEX®
CHAPTER 1 Preparing for the NAPLEX® GENERAL INFORMATION NAPLEX The North American Pharmacy Licensure Exam (NAPLEX) is the clinical aptitude test developed by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy…
Chemotherapy of infections
Fig. 51.1 The sites of action of the main classes of antibacterial drugs. inhibition of the synthesis of bacterial cell wall peptidoglycans or activation of enzymes that disrupt the cell…
Chemotherapy of malignancy
inactivation of tumour suppressor genes or changes in microRNA genes (encoding RNA molecules which regulate gene expression) will promote unregulated cell proliferation, inactivation of genes that repair DNA, activation of…
Substance abuse and dependence
the ventral tegmental area, which communicates with the nucleus accumbens via the medial forebrain bundle, the nucleus accumbens, the amygdala (associated with emotions, especially fear and anxiety), the hippocampus (associated…
Pharmacokinetics
the rate and extent of uptake of the drug from its site of administration, the rate and extent of distribution of the drug to different tissues, including the site of…
Principles of pharmacology and mechanisms of drug action
to understand the ways that drugs work to affect biological systems, as a basis for safe and effective prescribing, to appreciate that pharmacology cannot be fully understood without a parallel…
