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Federal officials, advocates push pill-tracking databases
Federal officials, advocates push pill-tracking databases
Federal officials, advocates push pill-tracking databases
The move is part of a multi-pronged strategy by the Obama administration to tame an epidemic of abuse and death tied to opioid painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin. But physician groups see a requirement to check databases before prescribing popular drugs for pain, anxiety and other ailments as being overly burdensome.