Joseph Barnes is a CMA (AAMA) certified medical assistant working at a family practice. Today, she was assigned to answer the phone. One of the calls comes from a 42-year-old patient who states the doctor saw him 3 months ago and prescribed Mounjaro, a medication for Diabetes and Lunesta a medication for insomnia. The patient would like to obtain a refill for the medication even though she does not have an appointment scheduled.
Joseph Barnes is a CMA (AAMA) certified medical assistant working at a family practice. Today, she was assigned to answer the phone. One of the calls comes from a 42-year-old patient who states the doctor saw him 3 months ago and prescribed Mounjaro, a medication for Diabetes and Lunesta a medication for insomnia. The patient would like to obtain a refill for the medication even though she does not have an appointment scheduled.
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Joseph Barnes is a CMA (AAMA) certified medical assistant working at a family practice. Today, she was assigned to answer the phone. One of the calls comes from a 42-year-old patient who states the doctor saw him 3 months ago and prescribed Mounjaro, a medication for Diabetes and Lunesta a medication for insomnia. The patient would like to obtain a refill for the medication even though she does not have an appointment scheduled.
a. What should Joseph do?
b. What kind of controlled substances can a medical assistant call in to a pharmacy?
c. How can you identify a controlled substance just by looking at the label of a medication?
d. Which agency enforces proper use of controlled substances?
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