DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: SCHEDULES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES: PLACEMENT OF TIANEPTINE IN SCHEDULE I

WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a proposed rule called: Schedules of Controlled Substances: Placement of Tianeptine in Schedule I.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 8 by Leslie Mayer, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug Enforcement Administration.

Summary: The Drug Enforcement Administration proposes placing the substance tianeptine (7-[(3-chloro-6, 11-dihydro-6-methyl-5, 5-dioxidodibenzo[ c, f][1, 2]thiazepin-11-yl)amino]heptanoic acid), including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers whenever the existence of such isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters, and ethers is possible, in schedule I of the Controlled Sub...