Safe and Appropriate Medication Use

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Course Outline

  1. Prescription Principles and Responsibilities
  2. Authorized Healthcare Prescribers
  3. Benefit–Risk Assessment
  4. Narcotics and Related Medicines
  5. Restricted Prescription Medicines
  6. Prescription Forms and Requirements
  7. Temporary Use Authorizations
  8. Generic Medicines and Substitution
  9. Pharmacist Roles and Self-Medication
  10. Off-Label Prescribing

1. Prescription Principles and Responsibilities

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Medical prescription: Controlled by a social organization such as the CPAM, dispensed by the pharmacist, and carried out by the patient or another healthcare professional.

Essential Points

  • A medical prescription may concern medicines, orthoses, prostheses, and other medical devices, and has social, medical, and legal implications.

Memory Hook

Prescribe → control → dispense → execute

2. Authorized Healthcare Prescribers

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Practice quiz preview

1. Regarding the nature and implications of a medical prescription, which statement(s) is/are correct?

2. Medical prescriptions may involve which of the following elements?

3. Concerning physician authorization to prescribe, which proposition(s) is/are correct?

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What controls a medical prescription?

A social organization such as the CPAM controls it.

Who dispenses a medical prescription?

The pharmacist dispenses it.

Who carries out a medical prescription?

The patient or another healthcare professional carries it out.

What can a medical prescription concern?

It can concern medicines, orthoses, prostheses, and other medical devices.

What implications does a medical prescription have?

It has social, medical, and legal implications.

When can physicians prescribe according to CNOM registration?

Physicians may prescribe when registered with the CNOM.

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