IU Health Discusses Methods for Combating Prescription Painkiller Abuse

 
 

IU Health Starke Hospital says it has a framework for managing prescriptions written for pain medication.

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly last week said medical physicians often don’t receive proper training when it comes to writing prescriptions for pain killers. His efforts, alongside Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, are looking to curtail what is seen as an epidemic in the United States with opioid addiction and abuse.
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Sen. Donnelly Highlights Federal Progress with Pain Prescription Abuse

Joe Donnelly
Senator Joe Donnelly

U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly is touting efforts designed to curb prescription opioid abuse and drug addiction.

The Senator has been working for the past two years to find solutions: not only to Indiana’s addiction problems, but drug problems across the nation. Appearing via conference call with U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, Donnelly says training medical doctors with better prescribing practices could go a long way.
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