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1. Discussion: The framework of controlling substances
Discussion: The framework of controlling substancesDiscussion: The framework of
controlling substancesThe framework of controlling substances gives practitioners the
authority of prescribing controlled medications under controlled drugs and substance act.
This was aimed at enhancing flexibility as well as timelessness in primary service care.
However, at any given time where there is a prescriptive authority of controlled substances,
there is a very big likelihood of drug abuse by the administrators of these drugs. One good
case that we can use to describe this is Heather Alonso’s case scenario an APRN who ended
up using her position in prescribing controlled substances under the Medicare drug
program. Nurse practitioners are not in any case allowed to prescribe schedule 2 drugs such
as Opioids simply because there is a very high possibility that the drugs will be abused.
These issues arise when the medical practitioners compromise their practice and they
administer highly controlled substances contrary to the set rules and regulations. This is
mainly because these professionals are given hefty payments to carry out these
practices.There various steps that can be carried out to control substance misuse. Carrying
out diagnostic workouts is the first step to ensure that patients are only given drugs after
they have undergone a thorough diagnosis (Brummond,et al., 2017). This particular
practitioner issued out drugs without the patients were medically reviewed. Secondly,
utilizing prescription databases will help in curbing the vice. This is because the database
will store the medical history of the patients giving information on whether the patient has
received medication from multiple health facilities. This will help to screen the genuine
patients and those who are not. Similarly, countries can adopt a monitoring program that
will help in monitoring the administration of controlled drugs checking all drugs that are
under control (Moyo, et al., 2019). Monitoring programs will ensure that surprise done to
see how drug administrators are giving out the drugs. Striker control and surveillance are
necessary to stop the abuse of drugs.ReferencesBrummond, P. W., Chen, D. F., Churchill, W.
W., Clark, J. S., Dillon, K. R., Dumitru, D., … & Jurakovich, K. (2017). ASHP guidelines on
preventing diversion of controlled substances.Moyo, P., Simoni?Wastila, L., Griffin, B. A.,
Harrington, D., Alexander, G. C., Palumbo, F., & Onukwugha, E. (2019). Prescription drug
monitoring programs: Assessing the association between “best practices” and opioid use in
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