The FDA has agreed to place stronger restrictions on a class of prescription painkillers that
contain hydrocodone, according to Sen. Charles Schumer.
Not exact matches
The agents were particularly interested in the facility's practices when it came to an even smaller subset of those scheduled drugs: the highly addictive pain medicines
containing oxycodone and
hydrocodone that have been at the center of the nation's opioid epidemic.
Pills found in his home were labeled «Watson 385,» a stamp used to identify some
hydrocodone - based painkillers, but tests revealed that those pills
contained fentanyl.
The investigators told the AP they discovered two dozen pills in an Aleve bottle in Prince's home that had been labeled «Watson 385,» a stamp used to ID pills that
contain a mix of two other pain - relieving medications:
hydrocodone (another powerful opioid painkiller) and acetaminophen (the active ingredient in Tylenol).
In September, the FDA also required that, by November 2007, drug companies stop making unapproved prescription drugs
containing the narcotic cough suppressant
hydrocodone for use by children younger than 6.
Hydrocodone & Butrophanol are some compounds
containing codeine derivates.