Pharmacology
Pharmacology is the study of drugs.
Length: 1 minutesComplexity: Easy
Pharmacology is the study of drugs.
Length: 1 minutesComplexity: Easy
Medical Uses for Drugs
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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.
Length: 5 minutesComplexity: Easy
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.
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Unlike other medications that fall under the FDA's authority.
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To help prevent prescription drug abuse, and especially to tackle the nation’s unprecedented opioid epidemic, many states are instituting prescription drug monitoring programs.
Complexity: Easy
Care must be taken when documenting in the electronic health record.
Complexity: Easy
Learn the difference between prescription and over the counter drugs.
Length: 5 minutesComplexity: Standard
Complexity: Easy
Here are the parts of a handwritten prescription.