Legal Classifications Of Medicinal Products

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Given Dr. Hamilton was issued a DEA license in 1986, the doctor's DEA number will start with the digits:

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BH

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Which DEA schedule will contain the drugs with the least amount of abuse potential?

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Schedule V

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Which Schedule contains drug entities with no accepted medical use?

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Schedule I

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Which of the following drugs would be contained in Schedule III?

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phendimetrazine

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A manufacturer's bottle of a controlled substance can be identified because of the:

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large letter C with a number 2 through 5

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Schedule I

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These drugs are those which have no accepted medical use and a very high potential for abuse. Examples include: Heroin, Marijuana, LSD, Peyote, Mescaline, Psilocybin, N-ethylamphetamine, acetylmethadol, fenethylline, tilidine, dihydromorphone, and methaqualone.

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Schedule II

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These drugs are those having a high abuse potential with severe psychic or physical dependence possibilities. They are mostly items which are narcotic, stimulant, or depressant agents. Examples include: opium, codeine (when used as a single agent), hydromorphone, methadone, meperidine, cocaine, oxycodone, oxymorphone, amphetamine, methamphetamine, phenmetrazine,methylphenidate, amobarbital, pentobarbital, secobarbital, fentanyl, sufentanil, dronabinol, and nabilone

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Schedule III

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This schedule contains have potential for abuse that is less than those contained in schedules I or II. They are compounds which contain a limited amount of certain narcotics, and non-narcotics consisting of: derivatives of barbituric acid, glutethimide, nalorphine, benzphetamine, chlorphentermine, phendimetrazine, paregoric, or any compound, mixture, or preparation containing a portion which is amobarbital, secobarbital, or pentobarbital.

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Schedule IV

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These drugs have less abuse potential than those contained in Schedule III. Examples include: barbital, phenobarbital, chloral hydrate, ethchlorvynol, ethinamate, meprobamate, paraldehyde, diethylpropion, phentermine, propoxyphene, pentazocine, and the benzodiazepine class.

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Schedule V

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These drugs have less abuse potential than those contained in the other schedules and contain primarily limited quantities of narcotic or stimulant drugs intended for use as antitussives, antidiarrheals, and analgesics. Items in Schedule V may be dispensed without a prescription under the following conditions:
1.)Must be dispensed by a licensed pharmacist, 2.) No more than 240ml or 48 solid doses of drugs containing opium or more than 120ml or 24 solid doses of any other schedule V ingredient may be provided to any single user in any 48 hour period, 3.) The purchaser must be at least 18 years of age.

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All DEA numbers start out with two letters. Numbers issued before 1985 will start out with an “A” as the first letter. Numbers issued after 1985 will start with the letter “B”. The second letter will be the first letter of the registrant’s last name. My last name is Greenwald. So, in my case, if I had been issued a DEA number in 1984, my number would start out “AG”.

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Following the two letters is a series of seven numbers. It is this series of numbers that provides the possibility of verification. Let’s look at how it works. Assuming the DEA number presented is:

AG2705208

If we wish to verify the DEA number, we would first check to see the letters are correct. If they do not match, you should bring it to the pharmacist’s attention before progressing any further. Next, we check the numbers.

Add together the first, third, and fifth numbers


2 + 0 + 2 = 4
Then add together the second, fourth, and sixth numbers and double the sum


7 + 5 + 0 = 12 x 2 = 24
Now, add the two figures together


4 + 24 = 28
The last number of the sum should equal the last number of the DEA number - in this case


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The CSA

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The 1970 Controlled Substances Act addressed this problem. Essentially, the CSA accomplished two objectives. First, it defined what constituted a controlled substance. Secondly, it created a “closed” system of distribution for those items. A “closed” system refers to the fact that every facet of a drug’s manufacturing, distribution, and dispensing functions are recorded and tracked. A paper trail is created which is detailed enough to track a single dosage form from its creation to its ultimate user and tell us who had possession of it all along the way.