On this episode of the PAIN POD, Mark Pain Guy Garofoli will chat with Dr. David Brushwood, a world-renowned pharmacy law expert, about all things pain management, controlled substances, drug diversion, and pharmacy law. You may be sitting down listening, but it turns out you’ll only be using the edge of the seat! Corresponding legal responsibility, check. Professional conversations between prescribers and dispensers alike, check. DEA Red Flags, check. An attempted prescription from a zoo, check, wait, what? Yes, check. You name it, if it’s pharmacy law and pain management related, it’s discussed, right here, right now, on the Pain Pod. Come one, come all, to the Pain Pod!!!

DEA Red Flags Info

Prescribers

Cash only patients and/or no acceptance of worker’s compensation or insurance

Prescribing of the same combination of highly-abused medications

Prescribing the same (high) quantities of pain drugs to most/every patient

High number of prescriptions issued per day

Geographically out-of-area patient population

Dispensers

High percentage controlled to non-controlled medications

High volumes of controlled substances generally

Same Medication(s)/Quantities prescribed by the same prescriber for many patients

Large geographical distances between pharmacy, prescriber(s), and patient

Multiple patients with the same last name or address

Sequential prescription #s for highly diverted drugs from the same prescriber

Patients receiving controlled substances from multiple prescribers

Patients seeking early prescription refills paying out-of-pocket


NABP ”Red Flags” Video
https://nabp.pharmacy/initiatives/awarxe/pharmacist-resources/

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