The physicians, members of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians and the North American Neuromodulation Society, asked lawmakers to pass a bill by Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) that would require all physicians to get prescription drug abuse training and to register with the Drug Enforcement Administration before prescribing certain medications.
A pain physician told NPR the mandated training should cover drug interactions, safe dosing, how to transition from one medication to another, how to monitor patients for signs of abuse and how to use state-based prescription monitoring programs.
Read the NPR report on opioid abuse legislation.
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