Patent ID: 8589182
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G16H

Abstract:
1. A method of treatment of a narcoleptic patient with a prescription drug that has a potential for misuse, abuse or diversion, wherein the prescription drug is sold or distributed by a company that obtained approval for distribution of the prescription drug, comprising: receiving, using a computer processor, into a single computer database of the company that obtained approval for distribution of the prescription drug, from any and all patients being prescribed the company's prescription drug, all prescriptions for the company's prescription drug with the potential for abuse, misuse or diversion; entering, using the computer processor, into the single computer database information sufficient to identify the narcoleptic patient for whom the company's prescription drug is prescribed; entering, using the computer processor, into the single computer database information sufficient to identify any and all physicians or other prescribers of the company's prescription drug and information to show that the physicians or other prescribers are authorized to prescribe the company's prescription drug; entering and maintaining, using the computer processor, in the single computer database information that indicates that the narcoleptic patient or prescriber has abused, misused, or diverted the company's prescription drug; and checking for abuse, using the computer processor and the single computer database, and authorizing filling of the prescriptions for the company's prescription drug only if there is no record of incidents that indicate abuse, misuse, or diversion by the narcoleptic patient and prescriber, and if there is a record of such incidents, the single computer database indicates that such incidents have been investigated, and the single computer database indicates that such incidents do not involve abuse, misuse or diversion.