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| No accepted medical use. Extremely high potential for abuse. High potential for psychological and physical dependency. A few examples are: Marijuana, Heroin and MDMA (Extasy). |
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| Does have medical use. High potential for abuse. Relative potential for psychological and physical dependency. A few examples are: Oxycodone, Codeine and Ritalin. |
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| Does have medical use. Moderate abuse potential exists, but less than Sch II. Examples are: Vicodin and Tylenol w/Codeine. |
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| Abuse potential exists, but less than Sch III. Examples are: Ambien, Darvocet and Lorazepam. |
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| Lowest abuse potential of the DEA Sch. Abuse potential exists, but less than Sch IV. Example: Cough medicine w/codeine or anti-diarrheals. |
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| must be used whenever Sch I or II drugs are bought, sold or transferred between pharmacies or qualified distributors. The forms are only available through the DEA and errors are not acceptable on the form. In the case of an error, the form must be voided and kept on file and a new form used. For Sch III - V, a form 222 is not necessary. |
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| Refills on scheduled drugs |
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| Two very important things to remember are: 1) there are no refills allowed on Sch II drugs and 2)Sch II drug prescriptions cannot be "called in" or transmitted electronically unless it is an absolute emergency and certain criteria is met. |
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| How to check a DEA number using the "Check Digit System" |
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DEA numbers can be verified by using the last number, which is known as the Check Digit.
1. Add together the 1st, 3rd and 5th digits.
2. Add together the 2nd, 4th and 6th digits. Double it.
3. Add the two totals together.
4. The second digit in that total is the check digit. |
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| How to check authenticity of DEA number using the first two letters. |
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| The first letter represents the type of practice or institution the DEA number is issued to. The second letter represents the first letter of the practitioners last name. |
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| Registrant Types for first letter in DEA number |
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A - Deprecated (may be used by some older entities)
B - Hospital/Clinic
C - Practitioner
D - Teaching Institution
E - Manufacturer
F - Distributor
G - Researcher
H - Analytical Lab
J - Importer
K - Exporter
L - Reverse Distributor
M - Mid-Level Practitioner (APN/CNP)
N - Military Practitioner
P - Narcotic Treatment Program
R - Narcotic Treatment Program
S - Narcotic Treatment Program
T - Narcotic Treatment Program
U - Narcotic Treatment Program
X - Suboxone/Subutex Prescribing Program
**Due to the large Type A (Practitioner) registrant population, the initial alpha letter "B" has been exhausted. DEA will begin using the new alpha letter "F" as the initial character for all new registration for Type A (Practitioner) registrations. |
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