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The interprofessional healthcare team must collaborate to ensure effective and safe pain control for their patients, specifically in monitoring the use of opioid analgesics. The healthcare team should schedule their patients for routine follow-up visits, including a history and physical exam, to monitor for adverse drug effects and misuse. The healthcare team bears a substantial responsibility in monitoring for indications of drug misuse due to the global epidemic of opioid misuse, especially in the USA, as it can result in fatal respiratory depression. The FDA scheduling of controlled substances is intended to establish a framework for prescribing, dispensing, and monitoring these drugs, ensuring their safe and effective use at the lowest possible dose and for the shortest necessary duration. Methods utilized for monitoring drug abuse and drug diversion encompass various approaches, including but not limited to assessment surveys, state prescription drug monitoring programs, urine screening, adherence checklists, motivational counseling, dosage form evaluation, and tablet counting.[Level 5]