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1. List down other examples of print and online resources and describe the kind of information that may be obtained from such.

Resources Examples Information obtained

· United States
Print Pharmacopeia-National Contains standards for medicines, dosage forms, drug substances, excipients,
Resources Formulary (USP-NF) biologics, compounded preparations, medical devices, dietary supplements,
and other therapeutics.

· Merck Index
Contains information on chemicals, drugs and biologicals provided with
monographs.

· Remington’s
Pharmaceutical Sciences Comprehensive source of principles of drug discovery and development
topics.

Provides a detailed source for formulation scientists and compounding

pharmacists, from prodrug to excipient issues

· Philippine National Drug

Formulary (PNDF) Provides a list of essential drugs of the Philippines that satisfy the health care
needs of the population that are selected based on evidence of their efficacy,
safety, and comparative cost-effectiveness.
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· MIMS Drug Reference

Provides pharmaceutical information. It contains both abbreviated
prescribing information and full prescribing information. It also contains
product images, and consumer medicines information.

· FDA website
Online Breaks down which medicines are approved by the FDA.
Resources
Provides information about approval dates, information about labeling
updates, or information about the different marketing statuses of drugs.

· Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC) website Provides vaccine information.

It has monthly published Vitalsigns report provides pertinent information on

a variety of health topics including HIV and injection drug use, prescription
drug abuse, and food safety.
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· DailyMed
DailyMed provides information about human drugs, animal drugs, and it also
has a link to a tool (Pillbox) to help identify tablets and capsules.

Obtain information related to indications (drug purposes), doses,

contraindications, warnings and precautions, adverse reactions, drug
interactions, uses in specific populations, inactive ingredients, storage
information, packaging information, and other more scientific-based
pharmacology information.

· MedlinePlus
MedlinePlus contains information on prescription and over-the-counter
medications written in lay language.

MedlinePlus has a thoughtful section of information on herbs and

supplements.

MedlinePlus also contains medication safety alerts from the FDA and health
videos.
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· Drug Enforcement
Administration (DEA) Provides up-to-date information on controlled substances that will help you
stay current with federal laws and regulations.

It includes resources for drug disposal and the latest reports.

The Pharmacist’s Manual is also available through the DEA website.

· PubMed
All sorts of published trials are included in this database – clinical trials, case
reports, retrospective analyses, etc. PubMed is a dynamic search engine for
trials, and this page details how to manage your search inquiries to maximize
results from the engine.

2. Enumerate the services offered by the National Drug Information Center (NDIC).
● Provides drug information and related issues
● Provide authentic individualized, accurate, relevant and unbiased drug information to the consumers and healthcare
professionals regarding medication related inquiries to the nation for health care and drug safety aspects by answering
their call regarding the all-critical problems on drug information, their uses and their side effects
● Provides in-depth, impartial source of crucial drug information to meet the needs of the practicing physicians,
pharmacists and other health care professionals to safeguard the health, financial and legal interests of the patient and to
broaden the pharmacist role visible in the society and community
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● Collect, review, evaluate, index and distribute information on drugs to health workers
3. What are the most common abbreviations present in a prescription?

Abbreviation Definition Abbreviation Definition

Rx prescription p.o
orally

q.d. once a day I.M. intramuscularly

b.i.d. twice a day Subq.

subcutaneous

t.i.d. three times a day Rectally

rectally

q.i.d. four times a day I.V. intravenous

q.h.s. before bed O.D. in the right eye

5X a day five times a day O.S. in the left eye

q.4h every four hours O.U. in both eyes

q.6h every six hours amt. amount

q.o.d. every other day d.c. discontinue

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prn g ram
as needed

a.d. right ear gtt.

drop

a.s. left ear neb. nebulizer

a.u. both ears tab. tablet

4. Discuss how electronic prescriptions are retained on-file.

● The electronic prescriptions must be printed and retained on a permanent quality paper, or saved electronically if:
○ The record can be accessed and viewed on the system of the pharmacy
○ The system is capable of producing the record on paper if ever needed

References:
https://www.uspnf.com/purchase-usp-nf
https://slulibrary.saintleo.edu/c.php?g=367926&p=2487018
https://www.elsevier.com/books/remington/adejare/978-0-12-820007-0
https://www.philhealth.gov.ph/advisories/2021/adv2021-003.pdf
https://www.pharmacytimes.com/view/5-free-online-drug-information-resources-for-a-pharmacists-toolbox
https://www.pharmacistconsult.com/9-credible-free-drug-information-resources-to-utilize/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3696227/
https://www.d.umn.edu/medweb/Modules/Prescription/Abbreviations.html
https://www.chartercollege.edu/news-hub/72-abbreviations-every-pharmacy-tech-needs-know
https://scp.in1touch.org/document/3604/REF_Electronic-Transmission_of_Rx_20161220.pdf
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Name of Intern: Damasco, Erge Iris M. School: Liceo de Cagayan University