A product containing 50 mg Morphine per 100 mL or 100 grams, with one or more active non narcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts, is scheduled as:

A product containing 50 mg Morphine per 100 mL or 100 grams, with one or more active non narcotic ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts, is scheduled as:

• A. Schedule II
• B. Schedule III
• C. Schedule IV
• D. Schedule I

Answer: (B)

The rule here is about how combination products containing morphine are scheduled. When a narcotic is combined with one or more non-narcotic active ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts, the overall classification depends on how much morphine is present per dosage unit. If the morphine content is 50 mg or less per dosage unit, the product is placed in Schedule III; more than 50 mg per dose pushes it to Schedule II. The presence of those non-narcotic ingredients is what allows the lower schedule. In this item, the product has 50 mg of morphine per 100 mL or per 100 g, and it includes non-narcotic active ingredients in therapeutic amounts. That fits the Schedule III threshold, so it’s scheduled as III. If the morphine amount were higher, it would be Schedule II; if there were no non-narcotic ingredients, it would be classified differently.

The rule here is about how combination products containing morphine are scheduled. When a narcotic is combined with one or more non-narcotic active ingredients in recognized therapeutic amounts, the overall classification depends on how much morphine is present per dosage unit. If the morphine content is 50 mg or less per dosage unit, the product is placed in Schedule III; more than 50 mg per dose pushes it to Schedule II. The presence of those non-narcotic ingredients is what allows the lower schedule.

In this item, the product has 50 mg of morphine per 100 mL or per 100 g, and it includes non-narcotic active ingredients in therapeutic amounts. That fits the Schedule III threshold, so it’s scheduled as III. If the morphine amount were higher, it would be Schedule II; if there were no non-narcotic ingredients, it would be classified differently.