You read a description of your medication as “pink modified capsular shaped, engraved, film-coated tablets containing azithromycin dihydrate equivalent to 250 mg of azithromycin.” Under what heading would this information be likely to be found?

David was prescribed mefloquine hydrochloride to prevent malaria before his trip to India. Unfortunately, he had an adverse reaction to the drug and wound up hospitalized with hallucinations, paranoia, and amnesia. In the United States, what entity is specifically charged with reporting serious adverse events such as the one David experienced?

Megan has been taking 65,000 units of vitamin A per day. What is she risking with this dosage?

Your friend is working at a group home for people with severe developmental disabilities and tells you he administers medications. You know he is not a doctor or nurse and is not, in fact, any sort of licensed health professional. Is this legal?

Mariam’s ophthalmologist prescribes a prostaglandin analog for her glaucoma and explains that prostaglandin inhibitors act by ____.

Your healthy and active grandfather strains his back while helping you move your furniture. You have injured your back as well, so you give him the same over-the-counter pain reliever as the one you take, and in the same dosage. Unfortunately, your grandfather quickly develops severe stomach pain and is found to be bleeding into his stomach. What has he experienced?

Karla knows that when her friend took thyroid replacement, her friend lost weight. Karla has normal levels of thyroid hormones, but wonders whether taking thyroid replacement would help her lose weight as well. What should you tell her?

Responsibility for safe administration of medications requires that the health care practitioner ____.

In the 1990s, an investigational new drug was developed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s, but it was subsequently removed from the market due to liver toxicity. What was this drug?

Mariam’s ophthalmologist prescribes a prostaglandin analog for her glaucoma and explains that prostaglandin inhibitors act by ____.