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posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 09 2018, @01:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the step-in-the-right-direction dept.

Walmart announced Monday the retail giant will begin to restrict opioid prescriptions to help stem the deadly drug epidemic.

"Walmart and Sam's Club pharmacies are set to limit customers' acute opioid prescriptions to a seven-day supply, with up to a 50 morphine milligram equivalent maximum per day, the company said in a news release.

The new rules align with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's guidelines which suggest "three days or less will often be sufficient" for those prescribed the painkillers, and "more than seven days will rarely be needed."

foxnews.com/health/2018/05/07/walmart-to-limit-opioid-prescriptions-at-pharmacies-amid-epidemic.html

[Ed Note - This is for initial acute opioid prescriptions only meaning short duration as opposed to chronic or long term prescriptions or courses of treatment.]


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @01:58PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 10 2018, @01:58PM (#677854)

    I know a person that works as a receptionist at a dentist office. 75% of the calls and walk-ins, 75%!!!, are people trying to get "meds". This is in an area that is the news quite often for opioid related issues.

  • (Score: 2) by sjames on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:20PM

    by sjames (2882) on Saturday May 12 2018, @08:20PM (#678927) Journal

    I'm not all that surprised. However, the Walmart policy isn't going to do anything to address that.