Panel: Broaden Opioids Risk Plans, Require Prescriber Training
Executive Summary
An FDA panel of expert advisers unanimously agreed the risk plans for opioids need to be significantly changed – with most calling for them to cover immediate-release products, rather than just the extended-release and long-acting drugs. Most on the committee also insisted prescriber training should be mandatory, rather than voluntary.
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