The pay scale below is just to give you an idea on how much you will make but really it all depends towards the company if they are able to pay you a little more and also it all depends if you are certified or not. So do not let the scale discourage you.



       

 

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    THERE ARE 4 BASIC PHARMACOKINETICS WHEN TAKING MEDICATIONS.

ABSORPTION: ACTIVE INGREDIENTS(CHEMICALS IN DRUG THAT CREATES SIDE EFFECTS/INTENDED EFFECTS) ABSORBED AND TRANSPORTS TO SITES OF ACTION.

DISTRIBUTION: DRUG PASSES INTO BLOODSTREAM

METABOLISM: THE LIVER IS THE MAIN ORGAN INVOLVE TO METABOLIZE DRUG. 

EXCRETION: REMOVED FROM THEIR SITES OF ACTION IN THE BODY USUALLY THROUGH THE URINARY TRACT, RESPIRATORY TRACT, GI TRACT, OR SKIN.

FACTORS THAT AFFECT DRUG ACTIVITY IN BODY ARE:

AGE, SEX

PSYCHOLOGICAL

GENETIC

DRUG INTERACTIONS

DIET

DISEASE STATUS

         

DID YOU KNOW ........

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVES AND ESTROGEN MEDICATIONS AND DEVICE MEDICATIONS REQUIRE A PATIENT PACKAGE INSERT GIVEN TO THE PATIENT.

          

DID YOU KNOW.......

WHEN AN INVESTIGATIONAL DRUG HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED BY A PHYSICIAN, THE REMAINING DRUG SHOULD BE RETURNED TO THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR INVESTIGATIONAL DRUGS.

          

DID YOU KNOW...........

STABILITY IS THE ABILITY FOR MEDICATION TO MAINTAIN CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OVER TIME

           

DID YOU KNOW.........

REPACKAGED UNIT IS USED TO DESCRIBE A UNIT DOSE, BLISTER PACK, AND PRECOUNT

          

DID YOU KNOW........

PHARMACY VIALS ARE COLOR AMBER BECAUSE IT PREVENTS ULTRAVOILET (UV) LIGHT EXPOSURE.

         

DID YOU KNOW.....

THERE ARE 5 RIGHTS WHEN ADMINISTRATING MEDICATIONS

1) RIGHT PATIENT

2) RIGHT DRUG

3) RIGHT DOSE

4) RIGHT TIME

5) RIGHT ROUTE  

           

DID YOU KNOW...

THE FDA REGULATES MEDICAL DEVICES

        

DID YOU KNOW....

A CRASH CART-CODE CART IS A SET OF TRAYS, DRAWERS, & SHELVES ON WHEELS USED IN THE HOSPITAL TO DISPENSE EMERGENCY MEDICATIONS TO SAVE A PATIENTS LIFE IN THE MOMENT OF THE EMERGENCY.

       

DID YOU KNOW....

AESCULAPIUS WAS THE GREEK GOD OF MEDICINE, HIS SYMBOL IT STILL USED TODAY TO SIGNIFY MEDICINE. THE SYMBOL THAT HAS A STAFF WRAPPED WITH A SNAKE AROUND IT. WHY A SNAKE? SNAKE SHEDS THEIR SKIN WHICH SIGNIFIES NEW LIFE

       

DID YOU KNOW.....

NON-LEGEND DRUGS ARE OVER THE COUNTER (OTC) DRUGS AND LEGEND DRUGS ARE PRESCRIPTION DRUGS

       

DID YOU KNOW.....

MULTIVITAMINS SHOULD BE ADDED LAST WHEN PREPARING A TOTAL PARENTERAL NUTRITION (TPN) BAG DUE TO STABILITY PROBLEMS

      

DID YOU KNOW.....

XALANTAN, MEDICATION FOR GLAUCOMA IS TO BE STORED IN FRIDGE AND THEN STORED IN ROOM TEMP WHEN OPENED

      

DID YOU KNOW.......

ANY MEDICATION TAKEN FROM BULK PACKAGES AND PLACED INTO BLISTER PACKS MUST HAVE THE FOLLOWING INFO ON EACH INDIVIDUAL LABEL:

DRUG NAME (TRADE/GENERIC)

STRENGTH

DOSAGE FORM

MANUFACTURER

LOT NUMBER

EXPIRATION DATE

     

DID YOU KNOW.....

THERE ARE VARIOUS CHARGES THAT CAN BE MADE BY A PATIENT TOWARD THE PHARMACY TECHNICIAN IF THE TECH CAUSED DAMAGE (NEGLIGENCE). A TORT IS CAUSING INJURY TO A PERSON INTENTIONALLY OR BECAUSE OF NEGLIGENCE. NEGLIGENCE IS AN ACTION TAKEN WITHOUT FORETHOUGHT THAT SHOULD HAD BEEN TAKEN BY A REASONABLE PERSON; A MISTAKE WAS MADE. THE PENALTY OF AN INTENTIONAL MISTAKE IS THE PERSON(S) WHO WERE AFFECTED WITH GETS PAID. A NEGLIGENCE MISTAKE CAN CAUSE A PHARMACY TECHNICIAN TO LOSE THEIR JOB OR EVEN LOSE THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO EVER WORK IN A PHARMACY ALSO PUNITIVE DAMAGES (MONEY)

     

DID YOU KNOW.......

TAKING ANTIBIOTICS AND BIRTH CONTROL AT THE SAME TIME CAN LOSE BIRTH CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS. ALWAYS CONTACT DOCTOR FOR A BETTER SOLUTION

      

DID YOU KNOW.....

THE TERM GAUGE (FROM SYRINGES FOR DIABETIC PATIENTS) MEANS HOW THICK IS THE NEEDLE IN MEASUREMENTS. THE HIGHER THE NUMBER OF GAUGE THE THINNER THE NEEDLE WILL BE. EXAMPLE A 31 GAUGE NEEDLE IS THINNER THAN A 28 GAUGE NEEDLE

     

DID YOU KNOW.....

PHARMACIES SEND BACK EXPIRED AND RECALLED MEDICATIONS BACK TO THE MANUFACTURER

     

DID YOU KNOW...

WHEN TAKING CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS MEDICATIONS SUCH AS NORVASC IT IS REQUIRED NOT TO EAT NOR DRINK GRAPEFRUIT JUICE BECAUSE THE JUICE HAS  COMPOUNDS/INGREDIENTS THAT BLOCKS THOSE SPECIAL CYP3A4 ENZYMES (BREAKDOWN DRUGS IN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM) IN THE WALL OF THE SMALL INTESTINE THAT DESTROYS MANY MEDICATIONS & PREVENTS THEIR NORMALITY ABSORPTION INTO THE BODY. THIS IS A DRUG AND FOOD INTERACTION THAT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS SUCH AS VERY LOW BLOOD PRESSURE (HYPOTENSION), & RAPID HEART RATE (TACHYCARDIA)

       

DID YOU KNOW...

MEN ONLY HAVE A PROSTATE GLAND, IT IS LOCATED JUST BELOW THE BLADDER IN FRONT OF THE RECTUM. IT IS THE SIZE OF A WALNUT. THE TUBE THAT CARRIES URINE (URETHRA) RUNS THROUGH THE PROSTATE. THE PROSTATE CONTAINS CELLS THAT MAKE SOME OF THE FLUID (SEMEN) THAT PROTECTS AND NOURISHES THE SPERM. THE PROSTATE BEGINS TO DEVELOP BEFORE BIRTH AND BEGINS GROWING UNTIL A MAN REACHES ADULTHOOD. MALE HORMONES (ANDROGENS) CAUSE THIS GROWTH. IF THE MALE HORMONES LEVELS ARE LOW THE PROSTATE GLAND WILL NOT GROW TO FULL SIZE. THE PART OF THE PROSTATE AROUND THE URETHRA MAY KEEP ON GROWING IN OLDER MEN THIS CAUSES THEM TO HAVE BPH (BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA) WHICH CAN LEAD PROBLEMS PASSING URINE.


    

DID YOU KNOW....

MALIGNANT MEANS CANCEROUS. MALIGNANT TUMORS CAN INVADE AND DESTROY NEARBY TISSUE, ALSO SPREAD TO OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY. BENIGN MEANS NON CANCEROUS. BENIGN TUMORS MAY GROW LARGER BUT DO NOT SPREAD OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY.

    

DID YOU KNOW....

YOU CAN FAX A REFILL AUTHORIZATION TO A PATIENT'S DOCTOR OFFICE. THERE ARE MANY PATIENTS WHO DO NOT WANT TO GET A NEW REFILL PRESCRIPTION AT A DOCTOR'S OFFICE BECAUSE AT TIMES THEY DO NOT HAVE THE TIME TO GO ...SO THEY WOULD CALL THE PHARMACY TO DO IT FOR THEM BUT OF COURSE IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE PATIENTS SITUATION IF IT IS SERIOUS OR NOT TO GET THE REFILL. AT TIMES REFILLS ARE DENIED BY DOCTOR BECAUSE REFILL IS TOO SOON OR THE DOCTOR WANTS TO CHANGE PATIENTS MEDICATION, THERE ARE MANY REASONS BUT YOU WILL KNOW WHEN THE TIME COMES.

TIP: HAVE A NOTEPAD ON HAND WHEN INTERNING A PHARMACY OR IF THIS IS YOUR FIRST PHARMACY JOB. WHY? WRITING DOWN SPECIAL CODES AND PROCESSES CAN HELP YOU DO YOUR JOB IN THE NEXT COMING WEEKS OR MONTHS. THIS WILL HELP YOU LEARN YOUR JOB QUICK AND YOU WONT HAVE TO BOTHER ANY TECH TO SHOW YOU THE PROCESS AGAIN FOR EXAMPLE WORKING A CASH REGISTER...YOU DO CHECK TRANSACTIONS, COUPON TRANSACTIONS, ETC...DOING THESE TRANSACTIONS WILL REQUIRE A STEP BY STEP PROCESS..SO WRITE IT DOWN AND WHEN YOU ARE HAVING A HARD TIME JUST OPEN THAT NOTEPAD AND FOLLOW IT..DO NOT BE EMBARRASSED...TRUST ME IT WORKS.

       

DID YOU KNOW.....

A PHYSICIAN DESK REFERENCE (PDR) IS PUBLISHED EVERY YEAR. IT HAS BEEN PUBLISHED FOR MORE THAN 50 YEARS AND IT IS A VERY POPULAR BOOK USED BY MANY HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.

       

DID YOU KNOW.....

PAINKILLERS WORK ON DIFFERENT RECEPTOR SITES TO GET RID OF THE PAIN IN A SPECIFIC BODY PART

      

DID YOU KNOW....

NORMAL BODY TEMP IS 98.6 DEGREES AND A TEMP OF 100.4 + DEGREES IS CONSIDER A HIGH FEVER.
      

DID YOU KNOW.....

GERD (GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX DISEASE) IS A FANCY WORD FOR HEARTBURN.