FDA Recommnded to Regulate Hydrocodone in Medicine
By: Big 2 News Staff
Updated: January 28, 2013
An advisory panel is asking the FDA to put tighter restrictions on hydrocodone.
That's an ingredient found in many prescription painkiller drugs, such as Vicodin.
If adopted, the recommendation would label hydrocodone as a drug with high abuse potential.
Drugs like oxycodone and morphine are already classified under this label.
The FDA has not said whether it will act on the recommendation.
