Shirley Temple came in today asking for a refill on her medication for Percocet 10 mg one tablet bid. Your doctor has set in place for you to check every narcotic prescription through e-force. Explain the different things you will find on e Force about the patient and her medication use. Do you think that the e force is useful and do you think that there's a possibility that the e-force could fail and how?

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Patient Shirley Temple came in today asking for a refill on her medication for Percocet 10 mg one tablet bid. Your doctor has set in place for you to check every narcotic prescription through e-force. Explain the different things you will find on e Force about the patient and her medication use. Do you think that the e force is useful and do you think that there's a possibility that the e-force could fail and how?
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Percocet  10mg is used to treat severe pain, it belongs to the class of drugs called analgesics, and opioid combinations. This prescription needs DEA drug enforcement administration for preventing drug abuse. After chronic use of Percocet tablets should not be discontinued abruptly.

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