What family of drugs are schedule II medications?
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What do they mean by family? And what is the family of drugs these medicines belong to?
Jeremiah
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What do they mean by family? And what is the family of drugs these medicines belong to?
Jeremiah
October 28th, 2011 at 8:53 pm
Aaron
A family of drugs may be those that have a similar chemical structure, such as benzodiazapines, penicillins, or cephalosporins. In Schedule II a family of drugs might be described as those that have a strong tendency for habituation or abuse. For example most narcotics and strong pain killers are Schedule II drugs.
October 29th, 2011 at 11:04 am
Elizabeth
The link below may help you with this query from the DEA web site…
November 1st, 2011 at 7:08 pm
Morgan
Family of drugs refer to a group of drugs that are chemically similar, and thus are metabolized in the body in a similar manner. Schedule II is a category of controlled substances that has a high abuse potential because it causes severe dependence, tolerance and addiction through physical and/or psychological means. It includes narcotics, amphetamines, and barbiturates. Nonetheless, this category of controlled substances have legitimate medical uses, such as narcotic analgesic, sedative, anticonvulsive, antitussive, amongst others.