Overprescribing of opioid medications for pain has contributed to a record - high number of drug - related deaths in the United States in recent years. (sciencedaily.com)
The Preventing Overprescribing for Pain Act would require the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue guidelines for the safe prescribing of opioids for the treatment of acute pain. (wxhc.com)
The researchers say that since the pattern of overprescribing antibiotics to children with asthma was the same in both countries, the situation is likely to be the same elsewhere. (sciencedaily.com)