The colonoscope is a long flexible tube, about the thickness of your index finger, with a bright light at its tip. The video camera on the colonoscope transmits images of the inside of the colon to a monitor allowing the physician to examine the lining of the colon checking for any disease or abnormalities. The physician may take a biopsy - a sample of the lining of the bowel for closer examination under the microscope. A small piece of tissue is removed painlessly through the colonoscope, using tiny biopsy forceps. It is also possible to remove adenomas (polyps) during colonoscopy. Polyps are abnormal projections of tissue, rather like a wart, which the doctor will want to remove and examine in more detail. To allow a clear view, the colon must be completely empty of waste material.
Prescriptions of control three through five (C III, IV, V) are valid for SIX months or FIVE refills, whichever comes first, and C III are subjected to a limit of a thirty day supply per dispense. Narcotic prescriptions of control two (C II) are valid for ONE month from the date they are written. There are exceptions for some medications for diagnosis of narcolepsy and other medical exceptions. These prescriptions may be filled with a maximum of 60 days per dispense.
A. The rule does not stipulate how many separate prescriptions per schedule II controlled substance may be issued for the 90-day supply. It is up to the practitioner to determine how many separate prescriptions to be filled sequentially are needed to provide adequate medical care. practitioner may provide individual patients with multiple prescriptions for the same schedule II controlled substance to be filled sequentially. The combined effect of these multiple prescriptions is to allow the patient to receive, over time, up to a 90-day supply of that controlled substance.