DEA Controlled Substance Schedules Flashcards

Which schedule of drugs has the highest potential for abuse among those with accepted medical use?

Answer: Schedule II

Schedule II drugs have the highest abuse potential of substances that still have accepted medical uses.

A pharmacist receives a prescription for a Schedule II opioid faxed from a prescriber. This fax is generally valid only as what?

Answer: Advance notice requiring the original written prescription

A faxed Schedule II prescription generally serves as notice; the original signed prescription is required before dispensing (with limited exceptions).

Which of these drugs is classified in Schedule IV?

Answer: Tramadol

Tramadol is a Schedule IV controlled substance with lower abuse potential than Schedule II opioids.

GHB, when marketed as the prescription drug sodium oxybate (Xyrem), is placed in which schedule?

Answer: Schedule III

As an approved prescription product, sodium oxybate is Schedule III, while illicit GHB is Schedule I.

What is the primary purpose of the DEA scheduling system?

Answer: To regulate manufacture, distribution, and dispensing based on abuse potential

The scheduling system controls the manufacture, distribution, and dispensing of substances according to abuse and dependence potential.

In some states, Schedule V cough syrups with codeine may be dispensed under what condition?

Answer: Without a prescription under limited circumstances

Certain Schedule V preparations may be sold without a prescription under limited state-permitted circumstances with recordkeeping.

Which factor distinguishes Schedule III from Schedule II drugs?

Answer: Schedule III has moderate-to-low physical dependence potential

Schedule III drugs carry a moderate to low risk of physical dependence, lower than Schedule II.