The Snyder administration wants heightened monitoring of pain killer prescriptions to be the centerpiece of a new strategy for battling the growing number of addictions and deaths in Michigan linked to widely used drugs called opioids, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley says. A state task force report Calley is unveiling Monday recommended increased reliance on the Michigan Automated Prescription Service to guard against unintended over-prescribing of addictive pain-control medications. Strengthened by a reporting requirement, the program would become a data base doctors must consult before issuing new prescriptions for opioids such as Vicodin or OxyContin. “I look at this as empowering doctors with...
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