Vermont News: Inventory Reminder of Hydrocodone Products

September 3, 2009 2:07 pm

Published in the September 2009 Vermont Board of Pharmacy Newsletter

As mentioned in the Board’s last Newsletter, the mandate to inventory all hydrocodone products was removed from the proposed rules. The Board decided to make inventorying all hydrocodone products a recommendation and strongly urges pharmacist managers to do a “trend analysis,” ie, a monthly review of purchases of hydrocodone products to determine if there is a change in the trend. If a change is noted, then perform a count. The Board feels that this will not only help avoid problems with diversion, but will alert pharmacist managers to potential problems sooner. The Board will periodically include this reminder in its Newsletter. Your cooperation is greatly appreciated.