Yesterday I told you about the Obama Administration's new program aimed at reducing prescription drug abuse and the FDA's new opioid Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies. You can read that announcement here: White House and FDA Announce Plans to Reduce Prescription Drug Abuse
While I'm all for reducing the abuse of prescription drugs, I am concerned about how some aspects of the government's new actions may affect chronic pain patients. The bulk of my concerns fall into two areas:
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