controlled drugs 3 Flashcards
3 forms of additcion
physical dependence
psychological dependence
tolerance
What form is used for instalment Rxs?
FP10 MDA
blue
max no. days for Sch 2 CD?
14 days
What’s needed by doctors to prescribe cocaine, diamorphine or dipipanone for addiction?
licence from Home Office
additional requirements for FP10 MDA?
instalment direction
What’s in an instalment direction?
amount of medicine per instalment
interval between each instalment
colour of morphine 1mg/ml
green
colour morphine 2mg/5ml
orange
colour morphine 10mg/ml
blue
colour morphine 20mg/ml
brown
2 forms of buprenoprhine
Subutex 2mg - addiction
Temgesic 200mcg - pain
What is crushing buprenorphine?
unlicenced
missed doses for more than 3 days?
prescription stopped and will need to be titrated back up to optimum dose