National Academies outlines opioid guidelines, aiming to make approach to prescribing more consistent
As medical providers try to cut back on opioids prescriptions, they’ve wrestled with how to best do so. A new report offers some guidelines.
As government agencies, medical groups, hospitals, and pharmacies have tried to cut back on opioid prescriptions, they’ve wrestled with how to best do so. Should they restrict the number of days a prescription lasts? Should there be a cap on the total strength of the dose? What kind of exceptions should be made?
A new report issued Thursday by the National Academies of
