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Welcome to Rx-wiki.

Rx-wiki is intended as an educational resource for educators, students, and anyone else that wants to learn and share knowledge about pharmacy. This site contains articles on topics ranging from pharmacology and compounding to the Hippocratic Oath and medication safety.

The first article published on this site is about Federal pharmacy law and provides a good example of formatting and layout with sections, subsections, web links, images, and more.

A Glossary is also available on the site to help define many of the terms used in various articles.

The newest article on Rx-wiki is about Medical terminology.

List of articles currently hosted on Rx-wiki
Currently, Rx-wiki is hosting articles.

2002 Best Pharmaceuticals for Childrens Act Anabolic Steroids Control Act Antidote

Barcoding technologies

Combat Methamphetamine Epidemic Act

Compounding

Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act Drug Addiction Treatment Act

Drug Enforcement Administration

Drug Price Competition and Patent-Term Restoration Act Drug information resources

Drug recalls

Durham-Humphrey Amendment

Federal Antitampering Act

Federal pharmacy law Five rights

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

Food and Drug Administration

Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act

Glossary Harrison Narcotics Tax Act

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

High-alert medications

Hippocratic Oath

Kefauver-Harris Amendment MedWatch

Medicaid Tamper-Resistant Prescription Law

Medical Device Amendments Medical abbreviations

Medical terminology

Medicare Modernization Act Medication errors

Medication order entry and fill process

Medication safety

Occupational Safety and Health Act

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 Orange Book

Orphan Drug Act

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Patient package insert

Pharmacoinformatics

Pharmacology

Pharmacy billing and reimbursement

Pharmacy laws and regulations

Poison Prevention Packaging Act

Prescription Drug Marketing Act Professional standards

Pure Food and Drug Act

Quality assurance

Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies

State requirements for pharmacy technicians

Tallman lettering The Joint Commission

United States Pharmacopeia Uruguay Round Agreements Act

Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System

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