Narcotic Prescriptions

A prescription can be identified as legally authorised written instruction by a prescribing officer to a pharmacist to dispense medication.

A pharmacist must check any medication that is administered to a patient. This is the

-A physician assistant may now prescribe a schedule II controlled substance, with the limitations on aggregate amount of medicine not to exceed 30 day supply. Any refills or prescription beyond 30days supply must be authorized by supervising physician.

The person dispensing must also be appropriately trained, follow safe systems of work and understand the side effects of various drugs; be able to access appropriate information and understand when to access advice or further information

Non care setting - Medications are often stored and administered in a variety of non-health care settings. These settings include: primary and secondary schools, Child day care centres, Board and care homes, Jails and prisons. In all these settings, employees frequently are responsible for handling and administering prescription and over-the-counter medications to clients or residents. Some organizations may employ licensed health professionals to directly manage the medication administration process. However, many of these settings have no licensed health professionals involved. Where medications are stored and administered to individuals, written policies and procedures should address the following: Acquisition of medications (e.g., from parents, caregivers, pharmacies), Specification of which personnel are allowed access to medications and allowed to administer medications to students, clients or residents, Labelling and packaging of medications managed for students, clients

* Trained and designated care workers give controlled drugs, another trained, and designated staff should witness. (Standard 9.7 and 20.9)

Right Drug: Check that these are the medicines that are on the person’s Medicine Administration Record (MAR).

·The Misuse of Drugs Regulations 2001: Act which intends to prevent the non-medicinal use of certain drugs, particularly those that can lead to

In 1970 the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) was put into place by the Congress of the United States Government. This Act, Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act, is the federal U.S. drug policy which regulates the possession, use, manufacturing and importation of certain controlled substances. The substances controlled under this act fall under various classifications. These classifications are known as schedules. The legislation created 5 schedules with different qualifications for a substance to be included in each. Schedule I includes some of the drugs that are viewed as seriously threatening while schedule V includes drugs that are viewed as not as threatening. A Schedule I drug must fall under one of

These drugs are easy to become addicted to and continued use could lead to dependency. Citizen have to be sure to take drugs only prescribe to the patient on the bottle because what is safe to one person might not be to someone else. This is because our body chemistry is different for everyone.Some people are tricked into thinking it's safe because they are prescribed by doctors.This is untrue and opioid are very dangerous when taken recreational. Most opioids are given to help get through serious injuries. When you start these drugs, you can expect to experience drowsiness, slowed breathing, and constipation. The drug also will relieve the pain it was prescribed for. If long term usage occurs the user can easily become addicted. The body get used to the presence of these drugs and becomes attached. They might even need to use higher dosages to achieve the same high because the body builds up tolerance. This is how people overdose. The opioids slows the breathing so much that that stop breathing at

pharmacy dispensing staff as well as all employees who have access to patient information to

b.)The misuse of Drugs act 1971 and amendments 1985, 2001 -this controls dangerous or otherwise harmful drugs designated as Controlled drugs (CD). The main purpose of this act is to prevent the misuse of controlled drugs. CD’s are prescribed

* The National Technical Information Service, Drug Enforcement Agency or Controlled Substance Registration, as confirmation that the doctor is authorized to write prescriptions

The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) gives certain bodies or individuals such as research scientists, pharmacies, doctors and manufacturers the legal right to access controlled substances.

Since states are responsible for providing medical licenses, each state has a slightly different legal definition for the practice of medicine. Sometimes, care that some might deem unauthorized practice of medicine are legal even when performed by unlicensed people