7-day opioid prescription limits take effect in Ohio

(By Brian Zimmerman for Becker’s Hospital Review)

Ohio physicians may now only issue seven-day opioid prescriptions to adults and five-day opioid prescription to kids and teens under new acute pain prescribing rules that took effect Thursday, according to Cleveland.com. Continue reading article here…

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