Mailing Regulations
What is the DEA?
The Drug Enforcement Administration is a federal agency that regulates the mailing of controlled substances.
What must be on every prescription label?
The patient's name.
What are medication guides?
They are written in patient-friendly language and must be given with certain high-risk medications.
What is MedWatch?
This system tracks adverse drug reactions in the US.
What is Schedule I?
This schedule has the highest abuse potential and no accepted medical use.
When mailing a controlled substance, they package it in a way to prevent..?
Theft and tampering.
What are the directions on the prescription supposed to do?
It tells the patient how to take the medication.
What is supposed to be given when a medication is dispensed?
A Patient package insert.
What is the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act?
It established major drug safety standards in 1938.
How many times can Schedule II medications be refilled?
NONE, these prescriptions cannot have refills.
When pharmacies mail presciptions, they follow regulations from both the DEA and...?
The USPS.
What label is supposed to be on a prescription if it is a controlled substance?
“Caution: Federal law prohibits the transfer of this drug to any person other than the patient for whom it was prescribed”
This kind of medication requires a patient package insert because of the risk of blood clots.
Any medication that have estrogen containing products.
What is Tall Man lettering?
It is to prevent medication errors due to look-alike/sound-alike drugs.
Which Schedule prescriptions can have 5 refills?
Schedule III-V prescriptions, and they can be refilled up to this many times within 6 months.
They have to do that when they are mailing controlled substances to make sure of compliance.
What information on the prescription identifies the pharmacy?
The pharmacy name and address.
What is required if a prescription is filled or refilled?
A Medication Guide, the pharmacy must provide it each time it is filled or refilled.
What is the PDMP
The Prescription Drug Monitoring Program, it monitors controlled substance prescriptions at the state level.
What is the used for DEA Form 222?
This form can be used to order Schedule II medications.
If a mailed controlled substance is lost or stolen, to which agency must it be reported?
The DEA.
The prescription number, Rx.
What is the point of patient package inserts?
The purpose is to improve the use of medications for patients.
What is DEA reporting requirement?
It requires pharmacies to report certain suspicious controlled substance activity.
What does the Controlled Substances Act even do?
The act regulates controlled substances at the federal level.