Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar The Pharmacy Technician FOUNDATIONS AND PRACTICES Chapter 20 Drug Classifications
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar Drug Classifications A drug may be placed into a specific category, called a classification, based on any one or more of the following considerations: –Chemical ingredients –Method by which a drug is used or administered (by mouth, by injection, by topical application) –Area of the body that the drug is intended to treat (stomach, head, heart)
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar Drug Classifications (cont.) Any drug fitting the designated criteria belongs to that class of drugs Many drugs may fit into more than one category because they are indicated for entirely different conditions
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar Table 20.1 Analgesics
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar Table 20.1 (continued) Analgesics
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar Analgesics
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Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar Controlled Substances Classified according to their potential for addiction or abuse Schedule I—no accepted medical uses, considered to have the highest risk of abuse or addiction, cannot be prescribed or legally dispensed (LSD, marijuana, peyote)
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar Controlled Substances (cont.) Schedule II—accepted medical uses, have a high abuse potential (cocaine, codeine, morphine, OxyContin®) Schedule III—accepted medical uses, lower abuse potential (anabolic steroids, acetaminophen with codeine)
Copyright ©2009 by Pearson Education, Inc. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey All rights reserved. The Pharmacy Technician: Foundations and Practices Mike Johnston, Karen Davis, and Jeff Gricar Controlled Substances (cont.) Schedule IV—accepted medical uses, even lower abuse potential (diazepam, phenobarbital) Schedule V—lowest risk of abuse or addiction, may not require a doctor’s prescription to dispense (cough syrup with codeine)