cdc issues tough new guidelines on use of prescription painkillers /

By E.
J. Mundell and Steven ReinbergHealthDay Reporters
TUESDAY,March 15, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Hoping to stem an epidemic of drug abuse tied to prescription narcotic painkillers such as Oxycontin, or Percocet and Vicodin,federal officials on Tuesday issued tough unusual prescribing guidelines to the nation’s doctors.
The unusual advisory, from the U.
S. Centers for Disease Control and [...]

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