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House panel backs scheduling tianeptine and phenibut amid addiction concerns
Summary
The House Health and Human Services Committee voted to give HB 173 a favorable recommendation to add tianeptine and phenibut to Utah's controlled-substances schedule after lawmakers heard physician testimony about severe withdrawal and easy retail access.
Representative Cutler presented HB 173 to the House Health and Human Services Committee, seeking to add two compounds—tianeptine and phenibut—to the state?s controlled-substances schedule. "My goal is to get these off the retail market," Cutler told the committee, saying there had been no substantive change to the bill since an October interim presentation and that medical experts recommended scheduling.
The committee heard clinical case reports from Dr. Scott Erickson, a family physician in Bountiful who said he has treated multiple patients with dependence and prolonged withdrawal from phenibut and tianeptine. Erickson…
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