OTC nasal decongestant monograph amended to add levmetamfetamine.
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
OTC NASAL DECONGESTANT MONOGRAPH AMENDED TO ADD LEVMETAMFETAMINE, formerly known as l-desoxyephedrine, as a safe and effective OTC active ingredient, FDA announces in a final rule published in the July 30 Federal Register. L-desoxyephedrine was excluded from the August 1994 final monograph for nasal decongestant drug products because U.S. Pharmacopoeial standards did not exist for the ingredient. USP proposed a monograph for l-desoxyephedrine in the January/February 1997 Pharmacopeial Forum, which included the name change to levmetamfetamine. In affirming levmetamfetamine's GRAS/E (generally recognized as safe/effective) status, the final rule removes l-desoxyephedrine from the list of nonmonograph active ingredients.