hi my name's amanda and i'm a pharmacist today i'll be talking about dea controlled substance schedules and if you find this video useful please press the like button and subscribe to my channel and share it with others who may find it helpful too thanks i really appreciate it so first we'll begin with some information about the dea in general and drug schedules and the dea which stands for drug enforcement agency is the federal organization in charge of enforcing the controlled substance laws of the united states and the dea defines a controlled substance as any of the substances listed in the schedules of the controlled substance act or csa of 1970. drug schedules are just categories that have been developed by the dea for the purpose of classifying controlled substance drugs based on the drug's acceptable medical use and the drug's abuse or dependency potential now we'll look at an overview of the controlled substance schedules there are five schedules and they're generally designated by roman numerals on their schedule 1 these drugs have no medical use and a high abuse potential schedule 2 these drugs have a high potential for abuse and dependence schedule 3 have a moderate to low dependence and less abuse schedule 4 have a low dependence and less abuse potential and schedule 5 drugs have a lower potential for abuse now we'll look at more detail at each of the schedules we'll start with schedule 1 drugs these drugs have no currently accepted medical use in the united states and they have a lack of accepted safety for use under medical supervision schedule 1 drugs have a high potential for abuse and some examples include heroin lsd ecstasy you can basically think of these as the illegal drugs that are not prescribed i'm now schedule 2 drugs these do have current accepted medical use in the united states and this is true for the schedule 2 through 5 drugs schedule 2 drugs have a high potential for abuse which may lead to severe psychological or physical dependence and i will look at some examples um schedule two narcotics include methadone hydromorphone which is dilaudid myperidine which is demerol oxycodone which is oxycontin or percocet is combined with acetaminophen fentanyl which is duragesic morphine which is ms cotton or roxanol hydrocodone which norco is a product that combines hydrocodone with acetaminophen and codeine in doses of greater than 90 milligrams per dosage unit and then we'll look at some examples of schedule 2 stimulants these are also known as 2n drugs and there's methylphenidate which is ritalin amphetamine which is adderall methamphetamine and cocaine is actually a schedule 2 drug it's used as a nasal surgery anesthetic now we'll look at the schedule 3 drugs these have potential for abuse that's less than that of schedule 1 or schedule 2. their abuse may lead to moderate to low physical dependence or high psychological dependence and some examples of schedule 3 narcotics this includes products containing not more than 90 milligrams of codeine per dosage unit so example would be tylenol with codeine and then some examples of schedule 3 non-narcotics which are also known as 3n drugs includes anabolic steroids such as depot testosterone and ketamine now schedule 4 drugs these have a low potential for abuse relative to schedule three drugs and generally you can think of the schedule for drugs as being for anxiety and sleep there are some exceptions and we'll see in our examples here some schedule for drugs include zolpidem ambi which is ambien this is for sleep and the benzodiazepines which are generally for anxiety or sleep include alprazolam which is xanax clonazepam which is klonopin diazepam or valium temazepam or restoril lorazepam which is ativan and midazolam which is bursted and then some other schedule four drugs also include tramadol which is ultram it's a pain medication kerasopra doll just soma that's a muscle relaxant and phentermine which is adipex that's a um appetite suppressant for weight loss and the schedule 5 drugs these have a low potential for abuse relative to the schedule for drugs and they primarily consist of preparations containing limited quantities of certain narcotics so generally these you can think of them as being anti-diarrheal analgesic or antitussive which is for cough and some examples of our schedule 5 drugs there's diphenoxalate which is lamodal that's a medication for diarrhea pregabalin which is lyrica that's a medication for nerve pain and then cough preparations containing not more than 200 milligrams of codeine per 100 milliliters or per 100 grams such as robitussin ac or phenergan with codeine okay and now we'll have our summary and some key points to remember drug schedules are categories developed by the dea for the purpose of classifying controlled substances based on accepted medical use of a drug and their abuse or dependency potential and just review the schedules um schedule one drugs have no medical use and they have a high abuse potential schedule two drugs have a high potential for abuse and dependence you can generally think of these as being the narcotics and stimulants schedule 3 drugs have a moderate to low dependence and less abuse i remember these are not more than 90 milligrams of codeine per unit and steroids the anabolic steroids such as testosterone and schedule 4 drugs have a low dependence and less abuse potential and you can generally think of these as being the sleep and anxiety medications and schedule 5 drugs have a lower potential for abuse and this is generally a cough and medications for diarrhea thanks for watching please like and share this video with others who may find it helpful and please subscribe to see more of my drug information videos thank you you