Medcare Forum » Medications http://medcareforum.com Health Care Information, News and Resources Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:19:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 New Rules for Doctors on Certain Narcotics http://medcareforum.com/archives/2009/02/11/new-rules-for-doctors-on-certain-narcotics http://medcareforum.com/archives/2009/02/11/new-rules-for-doctors-on-certain-narcotics#comments Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:19:28 +0000 Kathleen Milazzo http://medcareforum.com/archives/2009/02/11/new-rules-for-doctors-on-certain-narcotics      I was always under the impression that all doctors could prescribe all drugs, and up to now this has been pretty much the case. There are some drugs that doctors have prescribed in the past without fully understanding side effects or interactions. When enough people complained and got sicker or died, the FDA would step in and just pull the drug from the market if after warnings were given and not heeded.

They want to pass new measures on 24 strong narcotic pain killers which would require doctors to be more responsible and knowledgable about what they are giving for what kind of pain and patient they are giving it to. Too many people are given too strong a narcotic for minor pain and becoming addicted. Others who are suffering severe pain are being under medicated.

At first I though this idea was insane, but I do agree with doctors having to be more educated about what they are giving to people. My suggestion would be having them use a program that would inform them at a buttons touch about reccomendations, side effects, and interactions.

These measures are a good idea if for no other reason than to have a middle solution to a mild warning and the total pulling of a drug off the market.

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