Hulud
09-07-2006, 08:54 AM
People taking Oxycontin, codeine and other powerful painkillers for chronic pain could get a 90-day supply, under a proposal Wednesday that would let patients avoid repeated doctor visits to get more than 30-day prescriptions.
Unless a patient makes another office visit, doctors now cannot refill the schedule II controlled substances because they can be abused by addicts. Current law is silent on the question of multiple prescriptions for drugs that are issued by a doctor in a single office visit.
The new proposal, subject to 60 days of public comment, makes clear that doctors could prescribe up to a 90-day supply without fear of prosecution. Doctors have complained that strict regulation by the Drug Enforcement Administration forced them to limit prescriptions to a 30-day supply and leave patients untreated.
more (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_he_me/painkillers_enforcement)
good, it will make my job so much easier with the addicts only coming once every three months
Unless a patient makes another office visit, doctors now cannot refill the schedule II controlled substances because they can be abused by addicts. Current law is silent on the question of multiple prescriptions for drugs that are issued by a doctor in a single office visit.
The new proposal, subject to 60 days of public comment, makes clear that doctors could prescribe up to a 90-day supply without fear of prosecution. Doctors have complained that strict regulation by the Drug Enforcement Administration forced them to limit prescriptions to a 30-day supply and leave patients untreated.
more (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060906/ap_on_he_me/painkillers_enforcement)
good, it will make my job so much easier with the addicts only coming once every three months