WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Drug Enforcement Administration has issued a rule called: Schedules of Controlled Substances: Temporary Placement of O-Desmethyltramadol in Schedule I.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on June 24 by Heather Achbach, Federal Register Liaison Officer, Drug Enforcement Administration.

Summary: The Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration is issuing this notice of intent to publish a temporary order to schedule O-desmethyltramadol (other names: O-DSMT; desmetramadol; 3-[(1R, 2R)-2-[(dimethylamino)methyl]-1-hydroxycyclohexyl]phenol), including its isomers, esters, ethers, salts, and salts of isomers, esters and ethers, in schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. When it is issued, the tempor...