Arkansas board approves new rules for opioid prescriptions

 


LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas board has approved regulations that add more requirements for doctors prescribing high doses of opioids.

The Arkansas State Medical Board approved the new rules 12-1 Thursday despite complaints from chronic-pain patients seeing reduced opioid prescriptions.

"My pain medicine has been cut since June last year, by 85 percent," said patient James Spencer.

Some board members said doctors appear to be misinterpreting the rules as limiting dosages instead of requiring they take extra precautions when the dosages exceed certain amounts.

The new rules would limit o...



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