DEA Publishes Final Rule Rescheduling Hydrocodone Combination Products

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) published a Final Rule moving hydrocodone combination products from Schedule III to the more restrictive Schedule II.  The rule goes into effect in 45 days.  In 2013, a U. S. Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee voted to recommend rescheduling these products, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services sent a recommendation to DEA consistent with that vote. 

Read the DEA’s press release.