Controlled Substances and Schedules or Control Flashcards
are illegal and prescription drugs regulated by the FDA. Recognizing the potential that certain medications have for abuse and dependence.
Controlled substances
*The law categorizes all substances, which are regulated into “________,”
Schedule or Control
The schedule drug depends base on:
- medical use or Indication
- safety use for human consumption
- potential for abuse
- how easily people become psychological and physical dependent on it (addiction)
The five classes of Controlled substances/drugs are:
- Narcotics Opioid analgesic
- CNS depressants
- CNS stimulants
- Hallucinogens
- Anabolic steroids
high abuse potential →ADDICTION
& no accepted medical use
Schedule I (S1) / (C-I)
Prescribing guidelines:
not available for therapeutic use (NOT prescribed)
Schedule I (S1)/(C-I)
high abuse potential and abuse lead to severe psychic or physical dependence
Schedule II (S2) / (C-II)
Prescribing guidelines:
only available by a written prescription signed by prescriber & must be supplied w/in 72 hours. Can not be refilled unless in case of emergency.
Schedule II
– less abuse potential and abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence.
Schedule III
Prescribing guidelines:
may not be refilled more than 5x or be dispensed or refilled more than 6 months after the date of PO is issued.
Schedule III
– less abuse potential and limited physical or psychological dependence
Schedule IV
– limited physical or psychological potential dependence
Schedule V
most commonly abused CNS stimulants:
Amphetamine
Methamphetamine
Cocaine
most common abused Hallucinogens:
Phencyclidine
THC - tetra-hydro cannabinol
most common abused Hypnotic-sedatives:
Barbiturates
Benzodiazepines
