APPLYING PHARMACOLOGY PRINCIPLES UNIT OUTCOME(S) ADDRESSED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT: ?EXPLAIN HOW THE DRUG AFFECTS THE BODY AND HOW THE BODY AFFECTS THE DRUG; ?IDENTIFY UNDESIRABLE DRUG EFFECTS; ?COMPARE AND CONTRAST DRUG NAMES; ?DESCRIBE DIFFERENT DRUG FORMS; ?UNDERSTAND THE USE OF A DRUG REFERENCE. COURSE OUTCOME(S) ASSESSED IN THIS ASSIGNMENT: HS140-1: APPLY PHARMACOLOGY PRINCIPLES IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS. REQUIREMENTS ?COMPLETE THE MONOGRAPHS BELOW AS PER THE DIRECTIONS BY USING DRUG REFERENCE SOURCES. PLEASE BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD THE FILE “WRITING CENTER RESOURCES” FROM DOC SHARING TO ASSIST YOU WITH MEETING.
APA EXPECTATIONS FOR WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS. SUBMITTING YOUR WORK PUT YOUR RESPONSES IN A MICROSOFT® WORD® DOCUMENT. SAVE IT IN A LOCATION AND WITH THE PROPER NAMING CONVENTION: USERNAME-COURSENAME-SECTION-UNIT X_ASSIGNMENT. DOC (USERNAME IS YOUR KAPLAN USERNAME, SECTION IS YOUR COURSE SECTION, X IS YOUR UNIT NUMBER). SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT TO THE DROPBOX. FOR ASSISTANCE, REFER TO THE DROPBOX GUIDE IN THE ACADEMIC TOOLS AREA OF THE COURSE. Page 1 of 6 HS140: Pharmacology IT IS IMPORTANT FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANTS TO BE ABLE TO READ A DRUG REFERENCE SOURCE AND DETERMINE RELEVANT.
INFORMATION. PLEASE COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT AND SUBMIT IT TO THE DROPBOX USING A DRUG REFERENCE TEXTBOOK OR A REPUTABLE ONLINE REFERENCE SITE. PART 1: DRUG MONOGRAPHS CREATE ONE TABLE (MONOGRAPH) PER DRUG NAME LISTED BELOW. THERE ARE TWO DRUG NAMES SO YOU WILL HAVE A TOTAL OF 2 MONOGRAPHS. EACH MONOGRAPH IS WORTH 20 POINTS. SOME TIPS FOR COMPLETING THE MONOGRAPH: ?IF A CATEGORY DOES NOT APPLY (SUCH AS A MEDICATION IS NOT AVAILABLE OTC) PLEASE RESPOND “NOT APPLICA- BLE” ?FOR DOSAGE FORMS SIMPLY INDICATE TABLETS, CAPSULES, IM ETC. THE SPECIFIC STRENGTHS ARE NOT NEEDED.
?CITE YOUR REFERENCE SOURCE IN APA FORMAT. YOU CAN CONSULT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR SOME OF THE INFORMATION: SOURCE: MEDICATION GUIDES: UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION. RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW. FDA. GOV/DRUGS/DRUGSAFETY/UCM085729. HTM SOURCE: PHYSICIAN’S DESK REFERENCE (PDR): HTTP://WWW. PDR. NET SOURCE: EPOCRATES PHONE APP: FREE DOWNLOAD DRUG NAME: AMOXICILLIN TABLETS BRAND NAME AMOXIL, TRIMOX, MOXATAG, LAROTID GENERIC NAME AMOXICILLIN OTC NAME NOT APPLICABLE PREGNANCY CATEGORY CATEGORY B Page 2 of 6 HS140: Pharmacology Drug Class penicillins.
DOSAGE FORMS CAPSULES, SUSPENSION, TABLETS, CHEWABLE TABLETS DRUG INDICATION TREATMENT OF INFECTIONS OF THE EAR, NOSE, THROAT, AND GENITOURINARY TRACT, SKIN AND SKIN STRUCTURE INFECTIONS, LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS AND ACUTE, UNCOMPLICATED GONORRHEA DRUG ACTION (EXPECTED EFFECTS ON BODY diarrhea, dizziness, heartburn, insomnia, nausea, itching, vomiting, confusion, abdominal pain, easy bruising, bleeding, rash, and allergic reactions. CONTRAINDICATIONS MAIN SIDE EFFECTS 1. 2. PATIENT EDUCATION 1. 2. 3. DRUG NAME: ZESTRIL BRAND NAME Page 3 of 6 HS140: Pharmacology.
GENERIC NAME OTC NAME PREGNANCY CATEGORY DRUG CLASS DOSAGE FORMS DRUG INDICATION DRUG ACTION (EXPECTED EFFECTS ON BODY CONTRAINDICATIONS MAIN SIDE EFFECTS 1. 2. PATIENT EDUCATION 1. 2. 3. Page 4 of 6 HS140: Pharmacology PART 2: DRUG REFERENCE USE CONTINUED PLEASE ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE TOP 50 BRAND DRUGS BASED ON TOTAL NUMBER OF PRESCRIPTIONS IN 2007 AS NOTED IN HTTP://WWW. RXLIST. COM/SCRIPT/MAIN/HP. ASP. YOU CAN CONSULT THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES FOR SOME OF THE INFORMATION: SOURCE: MEDICATION GUIDES: UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION.
RETRIEVED FROM HTTP://WWW. FDA. GOV/DRUGS/DRUGSAFETY/UCM085729. HTM SOURCE: PHYSICIAN’S DESK REFERENCE (PDR): HTTP://WWW. PDR. NET SOURCE: EPOCRATES PHONE APP: FREE DOWNLOAD Prevacid 1. PREVACID COMES IN DIFFERENT DOSAGE FORMS, ONE OF WHICH IS A SOLUTAB. WHAT DOES THIS TERM REFER TO? WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM USING A SOLUTAB? 2. WHAT IS THE GENERIC NAME OF PREVACID? 3. COMPARE THE GENERIC NAMES OF PREVACID AND NEXIUM. WOULD YOU EXPECT THEM TO BE IN THE SAME DRUG CLASS? WHY OR WHY NOT? Levaquin 4. WHAT IS THE GENERIC NAME OF THIS MEDICATION?
HS140: Pharmacology 5. LEVAQUIN HAS A BLACK BOX WARNING. WHAT DOES THIS TERM REFER TO? 6. WHAT IS THE SPECIFIC BLACK BOX WARNING FOR LEVAQUIN? 7. WHAT IS LEVAQUIN USED TO TREAT? UNIT 4 ASSIGNMENT RUBRIC: 50 POINTS ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS POINTS POSSIBLE POINTS EARNED BY STUDENT PART 1: CORRECT COMPLETION OF DRUG ALL PARTS OF A DRUG MONOGRAPH. (2 MONOGRAPHS WORTH 20 POINTS EACH) 0-40 PART 2: CORRECT IDENTIFICATION OF DRUG INFORMATION 0-10 TOTAL 50 POINTS DEDUCTED FOR SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND/OR APA ERRORS. ADJUSTED TOTAL POINTS INSTRUCTOR FEEDBACK: