I have concerns that prescribers are writing--are able to write for such a large number of these pills when maybe five are enough.
I cannot remember, Ms. Wilkins, if it was your testimony or one of the other witnesses, that often the patient's percept...
you talked about, and others, too, your strong support for the CDC prescriber guidelines.
I have a 90-year-old mother-in-law who fell 2 days before Christmas and was in the hospital for a fall.
This is a huge problem.
Senator Kaine is sponsoring S. 2256, which, if enacted, would include training for prescribers in co-prescribing naloxon...
most law enforcement that I speak to recognize that it is also a public health issue as much as it is law enforcement
Eighty percent of patients who had a non-fatal overdose were able to go back and get additional opioids prescribed by th...
It is a very, very significant challenge.
I would like to have that report with the Virginia specific data and have it submitted in the record of this hearing.
The Co-Prescribing Saving Lives Act sponsored by Senator Kaine is also an important step in the right direction.