The Drug Enforcement Administration published a final rule removing naldemedine compounds from Controlled Substances Act control, as proposed on July 12 (82 Fed. Reg. 45436; Sept. 29, 2017). Until this action, naldemedine was controlled in Schedule II because it can be derived from opium alkaloids. The chemical name for naldemedine is 4 R,4a S,7a R,12b S)-3-(cyclopropylmethyl)-4a,... Read More