Effective November 1, 2012, tramadol and all
tramadol-containing products will be classified as Schedule IV in the State of
Oklahoma. Pharmacies are required to take an inventory of their tramadol
products on November 1st and keep it with their annual CDS inventory. Make sure
that you start submitting all tramadol prescription information to the
prescription monitoring program as required per OBNDD rules beginning November
1st as well.
Beginning November 1st:
- All tramadol-containing prescriptions older than six (6) months will be expired.
- All tramadol-containing prescriptions less than six (6) months old but with more than 5 refills already dispensed will be expired.
- All tramadol-containing prescriptions less than six (6) months old but with up to 5 refills remaining should be valid for the remainder of the six (6) months period and up to the remaining but not to exceed the 5 refills on a controlled prescription.
The pharmacist may have to rewrite the
prescriptions for filing purposes. They need to be sure to reference them back
properly to the original prescription number.
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