FDA recommended stricter controls on hydrocodone medications - TopicsExpress



          

FDA recommended stricter controls on hydrocodone medications today. It is expected the DEA will concur. Many people know them by name (Vicodin, Vicodin ES, Anexsia, Lortab, Lorcet, Lorcet Plus, Norco, Zydone). Refills without a new prescription will be forbidden, as would faxed prescriptions and those called in by phone. Only written prescriptions from a doctor would be allowed. In a move by the FDA that many people hoped would not happen, people with chronic pain have been dealt a strong blow. Increased effort to address addiction and abuse of medications containing opioids is needed as well as significantly more research to find appropriate and effective chronic pain treatments.
Posted on: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 02:22:59 +0000

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