Emerging Health IssuesMedicare - GeneralPart D/Prescription Drugs

Senator demands federal agencies limit use of prescription fentanyl

(By David Armstrong for STAT)

A US senator is urging federal agencies to limit the use of a prescription version of the powerful painkiller fentanyl, going so far as to say the government may be helping to fuel the ongoing opioid epidemic1 by failing to more aggressively police its use. Continue reading article here…….

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