Controlled Drugs Flashcards
What is the most strictly controlled schedule drug group?
Schedule 1
What drugs are included in schedule 1?
Hallucinogenic drugs, raw opium, cannabis
Who can provide a licence for the possession, production and supply of schedule 1 dugs ?
Home secretary
True or false?
Schedule 1 drugs provide high therapeutic use ?
False,
provides little to no therapeutic use
What drugs are included in schedule 2 ?
Opiates, major stimulants, quinalbarbitone
How are Schedule 2 drugs controlled ?
- Prescription Requirements
- Safe custody
- Record (CD entry)
- Licence required for import/export
What drugs are included in schedule 3?
Barbiturates, bupernorphine, tamazepam, gabapentin and pregabalin
What controls are required for schedule 3 drugs ?
- Prescription requirements
- Safe custody (some exemptions)
- No CD reg but invoice retained for 2 years
- Licence required for import/export
Are there controls for schedule 4 drugs ?
Only licence required for the import and export
No safe custody
No prescription requirements
No records to be kept
What dugs are included in schedule 5 drugs ?
Low strength preparations of certain CD eg co-codamol
What are the controls for schedule 5 drugs ?
Invoice retained for 2 years
Does not include preparations for injections
What are the prescription requirements for Sch 2 and 3 drugs ?
- Signature for prescriber
- Date (28 days)
- Address- UK
- Dose
- Total quantity (words and figures)
- Quantity prescribed (30 days max)
- For dental treatment only
- Instalments
When is a standardised form required for private prescriptions for CD?
If it is Sch 2 or 3 CDs
How is a private CD prescription filed ?
PPD after dispensing and a copy is retained in the pharmacy
Is a standardised form needed for CD 2 and 3requisitons ?
Yes, an FP10CDF prescription is needs. This should include CD requisition requirements stated in the MEP
How are CD requisitions filled ?
Copy retained for two years and sent to PPD
Who can be supplied with a sch 2 or 3 drug without a requisition in an emergency ?
Doctor or dentist, provided that a requisition is supplied in 24 hours
What schedule 2 and 3 drugs can a midwife be supplied with?
Diamorphine
Morphine
Pethidine
…provided that it is being administered there and there
Is there a standard CD requisition for midwife ?
No
What must a midwife CD supply order contain ?
- Name of midwife
- Occupation
- Name of person whom CD administered/supplied
- Purpose for which drug required
- Total quantity
- Authorising signature
What schedule drugs require entry in the CD register ?
Schedule 1 and 2
When should a CD register be filled ?
On the day of supply or the next day
how long should CD registers be kept for ?
2 years following last entry
What schedule drugs require denaturing prior to disposal ?
2,3 and 4 (part 1(
