1 - Dispensing

Ask your colleagues (co-pharmacist) first before asking the patient, and ask the physician last.

They must be prescribed in special prescription forms issued by the DDB, recorded in the Dangerous Drugs Book, and kept in a locked cabinet accessible only to the pharmacist.

Opium license number of the physician (S2 license), professional license number, and residence certificate of the buyer (optional).

Prepare the label before compounding.

Number of Prescription, Date of filling, Name of Patient, Quality (name) and quantity of ingredients, Directions for administration, Name of Physician, Initials of the pharmacist.

List B drugs require an S2 license and may be prescribed using an ordinary Rx. They must be kept in the prescription counter.

Keep and file the original prescription.

To provide safety and warning information such as proper use, handling, storage, refill status, and necessary warnings and precautions.

A copy of all transactions must be submitted to the Municipal Health Officer within 15 days following the last day of every quarter, and may also be submitted to the local PDEA/DDB office.

The prescriber must have an S-2 license, use a special DDB Prescription form, and follow a recording system as per DDB regulations.

To avoid the patient seeing the pharmacist's facial expressions, which may be offensive to the patient.

Consult another pharmacist or the prescriber.

Drugs that can be dispensed without the written order of a validly-registered licensed physician, dentist, or veterinarian.

Cure of a patient's disease, elimination or reduction of symptomatology, arresting or slowing of a disease process, and prevention of a disease or symptomatology.

Complete name, sex, address, age, weight, allergy information, and body surface area (BSA).

Directions to the pharmacist for the preparation of the drug, which may require compounding or specify commercially manufactured products.

Permeable to atmospheric gases and moisture vapor, subject to leaching, and can be deformed with extreme temperature.

All details of the label against the prescription order, including directions, patient's name, prescription number, date, and prescriber's name.

Prohibited drugs include opium and its derivatives (e.g., heroin, morphine), cocoa leaf and its derivatives (e.g., cocaine), hallucinogenic drugs (e.g., mescaline, LSD), and Indian hemp and its derivatives.

% Mark-up Method and including the cost of containers in the cost of ingredients.

Name, dosage form, and quantity to be dispensed that have been prepared by the manufacturer.

1 year.

Lightness of weight, resistance to breakage, and versatile design.

Non-prescription drugs that require the supervision of the pharmacist because they might require special precautions.

1. Receive the prescription, 2. Read and check/analyze the prescription, 3. Number and date the prescription, 4. Prepare the label, 5. Prepare/Compound and package the drug product, 6. Recheck the label of the product vs. the prescription, 7. Check the price of the product & inform the buyer, 8. Deliver the product, 9. Provide patient counseling, 10. Record and file the prescription.

Done by the pharmacist, follow the doctor's order & instructions, retain the prescription for partial filling of List A drugs, and keep the original prescription for 1 year for inspection.

Antitussive/cough suppressant for non-productive cough (dry, no phlegm), mucolytic for sticky productive cough (with phlegm), and expectorant for easy-to-expel productive cough (with phlegm).

Adjuvant used, order of mixing, amount of each ingredient, capsule size, type and size of container, and name and product identification number of the manufacturer.

Physicians, Dentists, and Veterinarians.

Personally present the Rx medication to the patient or provide appropriate instructions if delivered to the patient's home or office.

The principal or most important part of the prescription order that identifies the names, dose per unit, dosage forms, and quantities of each prescribed ingredient/drug.

Lists of ingredients to be used to compound or prepare a certain medication or dosage form.

2 years.

Write the date of partial filling, quantity served & balance of the prescription, and the name & address of the drugstore on the prescription.

To identify the bottle or package and provide a reference for the original medication order.

Regulated drugs include sleep-inducing sedatives (e.g., secobarbital, phenobarbital), amphetamines (e.g., Benzedrine, Dexedrine), and hypnotic drugs (e.g., methaqualone).

Use in the institutional setting such as hospitals, mental asylums, rehabilitation centers, and home care facilities.

Basis, Adjuvant, Corrective, Diluent/Bulking agent.

Erroneous Prescription, Violative Prescription, Impossible Prescription.

Generic name is not written, not legible, or brand name is indicated with instructions that hinder generic dispensing.

Drugs dispensed upon written order of a validly-registered licensed physician, dentist, or veterinarian for the management or treatment of a condition or disease.

Name of the patient, Generic name of the drug, Brand name (if any), Manufacturer, Dosage strength, Expiry Date, Directions for use, Name of the Pharmacist, Batch number.

Sorption is the reverse of leaching; the content attacks the container either through absorption or adsorption.

Dispensing.

Taking the prescription order from the patient or physician, preparing the drug according to the instructions of a physician or dentist, and delivering it to the patient with proper instructions.

A written order and instruction from a licensed prescriber to the pharmacist for the use of drug products for a specific patient.

By correctly following the procedures and adding the ingredients in the correct amount, as there are no quality control tests for compounded medications.

It enhances the effect or aids the basis.

It increases the bulk of the preparation.

Leaching is when the chemical composition of the container contaminates the content.

To prevent accidental poisoning resulting from ingestion of medication and other household chemicals by children.

% Mark-up + minimum fee method and Professional Fee Method.

To promote, require, and ensure that drugs and medicines are identified by their generic names.

Multivitamin products of low dosage, anti-TB drugs except injectables, cough syrups containing dextromethorphan, household remedies except paregoric, simple analgesics (Aspirin, Acetaminophen/Paracetamol, Biogesic), and 500 mg Mefenamic acid (prescription required for >600 mg).

It enhances the patient-pharmacist relationship, facilitates gathering of essential disease and drug information, and helps assess the patient's knowledge extent for better patient counseling.

Dangerous drugs require a special prescription form (DDB FORM), a yellow prescription issued by PDEA, and an S2 license. Their use is monitored by the DDB or PDEA.

It helps establish the medication record of the patient, track fills and refills, establish treatment history, and prevent misuse of prescriptions, especially those containing narcotics and controlled drugs.

Prescriber's name, clinic address, clinic hours, telephone number, name of institutional affiliation/office, PRC license number, PTR license number, S-2 license number (optional), and prescriber's signature.

It is the active pharmaceutical ingredient that elicits pharmacological or therapeutic activity.

Generic name is not legible, does not correspond to the brand name, or both names are not legible, or the drug product is not registered.

It involves the preparation or compounding and dispensing of prescriptions extemporaneously or as required by the physician's needs.

To ensure quality assurance and to give the right drug to the right patient at the right time.

Date, patient's information (name, age, gender, address, telephone number), superscription, subscription, inscription, signa/direction for use, signature of doctors, licenses (PRC, PTR, S2), address and telephone number of doctor, name of drugs, generic name, brand name, dosage form/strength, route of administration, frequency and duration of use.

It is a Latin verb 'recipe' meaning 'give/take thou' or 'you take/give' and signifies the beginning of the direct order of the prescriber to the pharmacist to fill the order and dispense the prescription.

It corrects undesirable physical properties, such as concealing spots or masking bitter taste, and lessens side effects.

Instructions on when to take the medicine, precautions, and simple instructions on how to take the medicine.

5 years.

All antibiotics except some ointments, all injectables, cough syrups containing any amount of narcotics (except dextromethorphan), vitamin products containing more than 10,000 units of Vitamin A, highly potent drugs for special medication (e.g., steroids, digitoxin), paregoric elixir, and all drugs bearing the Rx symbol on their labels.

Paregoric, or camphorated tincture of opium, is a medication known for its antidiarrheal, antitussive, and analgesic properties.

To improve an individual patient's quality of life through the achievement of definite, medication-related therapeutic outcomes.

Oral contraceptives, cardiac drugs, epileptic medications, anti-Parkinson's medications, products for childless persons, arthritic and debilitated patients, and products used in institutionalized settings.

The cost of ingredients plus the professional fee or minimum fee, which covers incidentals such as electricity and water used in compounding.

Compounded Rx and Rx for pre-fabricated product.

Directions to the patient on how to use the medicine.

Brand name precedes the generic name, generic name is in parenthesis, or brand name is not in parenthesis.