CBS: Doctors Resist New Painkiller Prescribing Procedures
Doctors Resist New Painkiller Prescribing Procedures In an attempt to curb the consequences (like abuse and death) of over prescribing opioid painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin, the Obama administration is now asking doctors to log into a pill-tracking database BEFORE prescribing painkillers or other high-risk drugs. Gary Mendell, CEO of the non-profit Shatterproof, is helping the administration’s effort by lobbying in state capitals to tighten the prescribing standards for addictive drugs, “Their role is to say what needs to be done, my role is to get it done,” he told CBS. Founded in 2011, after his son committed suicide...
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