Washington Imposes New Rules on Prescribing Powerful Painkillers « Substance Abuse Resources for NC Doctors, Nurses, and Other Healthcare Professionals

Washington Imposes New Rules on Prescribing Powerful Painkillers

August 2nd, 2010

The state of Washington plans to impose tough new rules on doctors who want to prescribe opiate painkillers to patients, including mandatory third-party evaluation of patients who request higher doses of the drug but don’t show signs of improvement.

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