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True or False, is the DEA Number valid? BJ6125341

True

True or False, is the DEA number valid? MN4567092

False

What is the first step to validating a DEA number?

Add the 1st, 3rd, and 5th digits.

What is the second step to validating a DEA number?

Add the 2nd, 4th, and 6th digits, and multiply by 2.

What is the third step to validating a DEA number?

Add the 1st and 2nd answers and see if they match the last digit of the DEA number.

What goes on a prescription label?

Patient name, medication name, medication strength, dosage instructions, quantity, refills, pharmacy information, prescriber information, Rx number, expiration date, auxiliary label, and fill date.

NDC stands for what?

National Drug Code

How many digits is an NDC number?

11

What is the format of the NDC?

5-4-2

The first segment has how many digits?

5

The first segment identifies what?

The labeler

The second segment has how many digits?

4

The second segment identifies what?

The strength and dosage form

The third segment has how many digits?

2

The third segment identifies what?

Package size

Does this medication look alike, sound alike, or both? buPROPion and busPIRone?

Look alike

Does this medication look alike, sound alike, or both? carBAMazepine and OXcarbazepine?

Both

Does this medication look alike, sound alike, or both? ALPRAZolam and LORazepam?

Sound alike

Does this medication look alike, sound alike, or both? diazePAM and diltiazem?

Sound alike