PRESCRIBING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES SAFELY: A DEA REQUIREMENT Final Examination Questions Select the Select the best answer for each question complete your test online at EliteLearning.com/Book
1. Which of the following U.S. federal agencies is NOT involved in scheduling controlled substances? a. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). b. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). c. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS). d. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). 2. Which DEA Controlled Substance Schedule is associated with the lowest risk of abuse?
6. Factors that associate inappropriate prescribing of opioid analgesics and illicit drug use include all of the following EXCEPT: a. Acute pain opioid analgesic prescription for three days or less. b. Initial acute pain opioid analgesic prescription for a 10-day supply. c. Cumulative dose of 700 MME. d. Refill of acute pain opioid prescription. 7. Which concepts are NOT associated with appropriate prescribing and monitoring acute opioid analgesic therapy? a. Use the lowest effective dose for initial treatment. b. Utilize other nonopioid treatment modalities to decrease the opioid burden. c. The duration of treatment for acute pain is usually greater than 10 days. d. Secure storage of opioid prescriptions is important. 8. When individualizing opioid therapy regimens, which of the following would NOT lead to a heightened degree of caution? a. Patients receiving ACE inhibitors for the treatment of hypertension. b. Patients receiving benzodiazepine as a muscle relaxant. c. A woman who is breastfeeding. d. Patients with psychiatric disorders. 9. To treat pain, it is appropriate to use extended-release or long-acting opioids in opioid naïve patients. a. True. b. False. 10. Monitoring of patients with chronic pain should include which of the following? a. Objective assessment of functional improvements. b. Review of state POMP. c. Evaluation for any opioid-related side effects. d. All of the above.
a. Schedule II. b. Schedule III. c. Schedule IV. d. Schedule V.
3. When prescribing controlled substances, refills may be prescribed on all prescriptions EXCEPT for: a. Schedule I. b. Schedule II. c. Schedule III. d. Schedule IV. 4. According to federal law, a controlled substance prescription may be transmitted in one of the following ways: a. Faxed prescription.
b. Telephone prescription. c. Electronic prescription. d. All of the above.
5. Morphine milligram equivalents (MME) were developed to assist clinicians with determining equal dosages when converting patients from one opioid analgesic to another.
a. True. b. False.
Course Code: DFL08DR
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Book Code: DFL3024
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