Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the study of drugs.
Module 4: Pharmacology
Medical Uses for Drugs
Medical Uses for Drugs
Drugs by Class
There are so many different kinds of drugs that it's helpful to organize them into recognizable groups so we can tell what they do.
Drug Names
When a new drug is approved, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gives the manufacturer a patent to protect their investment in the drug's development.
Controlled Substances
Unlike other medications that fall under the FDA's authority.
Drug Monitoring
To help prevent prescription drug abuse, and especially to tackle the nation’s unprecedented opioid epidemic, many states are instituting prescription drug monitoring programs.
Medication Lists
Care must be taken when documenting in the electronic health record.
Rx vs OTC
Learn the difference between prescription and over the counter drugs.
Common Rx and OTC Drugs
Prescription
Here are the parts of a handwritten prescription.