Strange DEA Coding on Prescription Bottle by: Anonymous
My husband has a prescription drug for high blood pressure that has no NDC number but a DEA number. Searching the string for this number produces no results.
What is going on?
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DEA # Answer by: David Shedd
There is no federal law which requires a DEA number on the front of a prescription.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (website: www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov) does require that a DEA registration number be on all controlled drug prescriptions (CII-CV's.)
"A prescription for a controlled substance must be dated and signed on the date when issued. The prescription must include the patient?s full name and address, and the practitioner?s full name, address, and DEA registration number."
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