TFDA to add etomidate-like substances to controlled drugs list

Taiwan's Food and Drug Administration (TFDA) will list several substances similar to etomidate, an increasingly abused anesthetic in Asia, as controlled drugs in line with their classification as narcotics by the Ministry of Justice, a TFDA official said Wednesday.

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