MD pharmcy: can you use 2 vials for CII?

[asus123]

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If a patient requests this, can you label 2 separate containers and put half in one and half in another?

 

[Twentytwelve2]

Yes.

 

[zelman]

Yes. Commonly done for at school administration of ADHD meds.

 

[Dr Wario]

Put all pills in one vial and give extra empty labeled vial, who has time to split in half?

 

[grumpyRph]

but this makes it easier to divert/sell, no?

 

[JustFillIt]

I think a better question would be... Why would you not be able to do this? If you are dispensing the correct medication and the correct quantity I can not imagine someone could fabricate an issue with dispensing in 2 different vials.


For example - some need 1 vial for home and any other vial for school. There is nothing in the world wrong with this.

 

[JustFillIt]

but this makes it easier to divert/sell, no?

No... Drug abusers would just distribute it into plastic bags... how would giving an extra vial make it easier to divert? They don’t give 2 sharts the container they use.

 

[ValeRx]

No... Drug abusers would just distribute it into plastic bags... how would giving an extra vial make it easier to divert? They don’t give 2 sharts the container they use.

You can say ****s.

 

[JustFillIt]

You can say ****s.

I prefer sharts - but that’s just me.. If I was in a conversation where I had to choose between saying **** or shart, I would definitely say shart.