In response to a significant increase in opioid overdose deaths,the U.
S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released current guidelines which recommend that doctors try pain relievers like ibuprofen before prescribing highly addictive medications.
Sabrina Tavernise, science correspondent for The current York Times covering issues related to public health, and discusses whether doctors welcome the current guidelines and looks at another degree aimed to curb drug abuse and fraud: e-prescription. NY state is requiring doctors do absent with pen-and-pad prescriptions by March 27th.
Source: wnyc.org