Texas Nursing Voice - October 2014
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Page 6 • <strong>Texas</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> <strong>Voice</strong> <strong>October</strong>, November, December <strong>2014</strong><br />
Hydrocodone-Combination Drugs<br />
Reclassified as Schedule II<br />
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Starting <strong>October</strong> 6, hydrocodone-combination<br />
products (HCPs) will be classified as restricted<br />
Schedule II drugs, due to action by the U. S. Drug<br />
Enforcement Administration (DEA) in August and<br />
supported by the U.S. Department of Health<br />
and Human Services. The reclassification from<br />
Schedule III will directly impact practitioners who<br />
prescribe common HCP drugs, such as Vicodin,<br />
for pain management.<br />
The rule imposes more rigorous regulatory<br />
controls and sanctions applicable to Schedule II<br />
substances on those who handle HCPs. HCPs are<br />
drugs that contain both hydrocodone, which by<br />
itself is a Schedule II drug, and specified amounts<br />
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Implications of the change include:<br />
• Written prescriptions are required for<br />
Schedule II drugs, except for limited,<br />
short-term quantities under emergency<br />
circumstances with no refills.<br />
• Refills may not be called into the pharmacy.<br />
• Prescriptions are restricted to three for a<br />
maximum of a 90-day supply (in contrast to<br />
Schedule III drugs, which allow for up to five<br />
refills in a six month period).<br />
• Prescriptions issued before <strong>October</strong> 6,<br />
<strong>2014</strong> that are authorized for refills may be<br />
dispensed, as long as dispensing occurs<br />
before April 8, 2015.<br />
“Almost seven million Americans abuse<br />
controlled-substance prescription medications,<br />
including opioid painkillers, resulting in more<br />
deaths from prescription drug overdoses than<br />
auto accidents,” said DEA Administrator Michele<br />
Leonhart, “This action recognizes that these<br />
products are some of the most addictive and<br />
potentially dangerous prescription medications<br />
available.”<br />
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