The Closed System of Controlled Substance Distribution Flashcards
What is the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970?
- Creates a closed system via registration
- Establishes national uniformity
- Enforced by DEA
- Overall goal is to reduce diversion
What is Title I of the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970?
Establishes rehabilitation programs for drug abusers
What is Title II of the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970?
Provides for the registration programs for drug abusers
What is Title III of the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970?
Addresses the importation and exportation of controlled substances
Who has the authority to regulate controlled substances?
- Supremacy Clause
- Interstate Commerce Clause
What is the Supremacy Clause of U.S. Constitution?
Doctrine of Preemption
-Federal law preempts state law if they conflict
-State law must be stricter than federal law to not conflict
What law do pharmacists follow federal vs. state?
They should follow the stricter law
What is the Interstate Commerce Clause?
- Intrastate interactions involving controlled substances have a “direct and substantial” effect on interstate commerce
- Manufacturing and distribution of intrastate and interstate transactions cannot be distinguished from each other
What is Intrastate?
Completely within one state
What is Interstate?
Between two or more states
Marijuana and Methamphetamine fall under what schedule?
Schedule I
Anabolic steroids fall under what schedule?
Schedule III
Placement into a specific schedule depends on what?
- Abuse potential
- Degree to which drug may cause physical or psychological dependence
Do Schedule I drugs have an accepted medical use?
NO
Marijuana is a C-I drug under federal law and following the stricter law, can it be dispensed in pharmacies?
NO, even if it allowable under state law or approved medically
In terms of Marijuana what does it mean for pharmacists?
Pharmacists should be able to answer questions and provide surveillance for potential drug interactions
What drug interactions with Marijuana?
Warfarin, increased INR
What is the classification of C-I Drugs?
- Have a high potential for abuse
- Have no currently accepted medical use
What is the classification of C-II Drugs?
- Have a high potential for abuse
- Have a currently accepted medical use, with or without restrictions
- Abuse may lead to severe physical or psychological dependence
What schedule is Cocaine and why?
Schedule C-II, but is can be used for nasal surgery as a vasoconstrictor
What is the classification of C-III Drugs?
- Potential for abuse is less
- Have a currently accepted medical use
- Abuse may lead to moderate or low physical dependence or high psychological dependence
C-III Drugs may include what type of drugs in combination?
CII Drugs
APAP + Codeine
Anabolic Steroids Act of 2004 is what?
- Maintains anabolic steroids as schedule III
- Provides automatic scheduling of certain salts, esters, and ethers of anabolic steroids without need to prove muscle growth
What is the classification of C-IV Drugs?
- Potential for abuse less than CIII substances
- Have a currently accepted medical use
- Abuse may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence
What is the classification of C-V Drugs?
- Potential for abuse less than C-IV substances
- Have a currently accepted medical use
- Abuse may lead to limited physical or psychological dependence relative to C-IV drugs
What are the Federal Limits on Pseudoephedrine PSE?
- 3.6g per day
- 9g per 30 days (7.5g if by mail order)
What are the Oklahoma Limits on Pseudoephedrine PSE?
- 7.2g per 30 days
- 60g per 12 month period
If there is a patient in Oklahoma using Sudafed as a decongestant and buying it OTC continuously, they will cap out before 12 months, what is an exception?
If it is physician prescribed, the limit if OFF
What are the Federal Requirements of a Pharmacy/Pharmacist selling PSE?
- Customers cannot have direct access
- Sales must be recorded with required information
- Sellers must annually engage in self-certification
What is an OTP and what Act does it fall under?
Opioid Treatment Programs OTPs
Falls under the Drug Addiction Treatment Act DATA
What is Detoxification?
Dispensing an opioid agonist in decreasing doses incident to withdrawal
What are the concerns with Detoxification?
- Withdrawal can lead to relapse
- Important to taper down
- Detoxification outside an approved treatment program is illegal
What is Maintenance?
Dispensing of opioid agonist for period in excess of 21 days
What are the 4 drugs allowed for treatment of opioid addiction?
- LAAM (levo-a-acetylmethadol)
- Methadone
- Buprenorphine (Subutex)
- Buprenorphone/Naloxone (Suboxone)
2,3,4 are most used in the US
Methadone is indicated for pain and addiction, when is prescribing for addiction allowed?
Only allowable in treatment program
Manufacturers Voluntarily restricted 40 mg Methadone tablets to OTPs meaning?
40 mg highest strength of methadone is NOT available in community pharmacies to be dispensed
When is prescribing Methadone for pain allowed?
Must verify pain indication but can be filled at ANY pharmacy
Methadone prescriptions to a PHARMACY can only be used for what?
ANALGESIC purposes
1. Pain
2. Antitussive
What is the Drug Addiction Treatment Act?
Enacted in 2000 with intent of allowing addiction to be treated in OFFICE based settings outside of OTPs
Why was the Drug Addiction Treatment Act important?
Increased the amount of practitioners that treat this disorder, and allowed for rural access in substance abuse
What are the 2 drugs allowed for office-based treatment of addiction?
- Buprenorphine (Subutex)
- Buprenorphine/Naloxone (Suboxone)
For Office-Based treatment of addiction, treatment must be prescribed by a what?
Qualifying Physician