Admin controlled substances

Question 1

What schedule of drugs have a high potential for abuse and have no accepted medical use in the US?

Answer 1

schedule 1

Question 2

Who regulates drugs?

Answer 2

DEA

state agencies - MO-BNDD

Question 3

What are schedule 1 drugs

Answer 3

peyote

heroin

LSD

marijuana (still on fed level, depends on state)

mescaline

MDMA (ecstasy)

methaqualone (Quaalude)

GHB

Question 4

What schedule II drugs are often used IV in the hospital?

Answer 4

meperidine (demerol)

fentanyl

hydromorphone (dilaudid)

morphine

Question 5

What schedule II drug is often rx’d to take home?

Answer 5

hydrocodone

Question 6

What schedule is cocaine?

Answer 6

schedule II

Question 7

What four criteria make a rx legit?

Answer 7

• practitioner is registered
• pt must desire tx for legit illness or condition
• practitioner has to establish legit need through assesment and dx modalities - documented
• reasonable correlation between pts needs and drug rx’d

Question 8

How can you create a rx for schedule II?

Answer 8

must be written rx, good for 6 mo, no more than 30 day quantity at a time; max 90 day supply (would need 3 separate rx)

Question 9

What is your biggest concern on a pt taking a ton of hydrocodone?

Answer 9

tylenol killing the liver

Question 10

Which rx are you legally unable to write for yourself?

Answer 10

any controlled substance