Exam 10: Interpreting Medication Labels and Package Inserts

Vistaril should be _______________ below 77°F.

A patient being hospitalized for an unrelated illness is showing signs of mild, but increasing, anxiety. The physician has prescribed Alprazolam 0.5 mg tid. Alprazolam 2 mg tablets are available, and the package insert is shown here. According to the package insert, what should you administer to the patient for the first dose?

After this medication has been reconstituted, the container holds _______________ mL of medication.

This medication can be administered without regard to _______________.

The mark indicates that the name of the drug has been legally registered with the U.S. _______________ and Trademark Office.

According to this package insert, an Alprazolam 2 mg tablet can be divided into a maximum of _______________ parts if necessary to deliver a prescribed amount of medication.

The dosage strength of Vistaril is _______________.

A prescription for a 5-year-old reads amoxicillin 1/4 of a 500 mg tablet every 8 hours for 5 days. The pharmacy stocks amoxicillin in both a chewable 125 mg tablet and suspension. What should you do?

Prior to reconstitution, this medication is in the form of _______________.

This drug's trade name is _______________.

The generic name for this medication is _______________.

If the usual dose is 10 mL, there are a total of __________ doses in this container.

To reconstitute this drug, you would add ______________ water in two portions.

The dosage strength of this medication is _______________.

What instructions are provided on the label?

The generic name of this drug is _______________.

Medications administered buccally are placed

This medication is administered by placing it in the patient's ___________.

Chewable tablets should be

A patient being hospitalized for an unrelated illness is showing signs of mild, but increasing, anxiety. The physician has prescribed Alprazolam 0.5 mg tid. Alprazolam 2 mg tablets are available, and the package insert is shown here. The hospital pharmacy delivers meds to the floor once per day, in the early morning. According to the package insert, how many Alprazolam tablets will be needed for this patient today if the first dose is given at 0800?