Opioid Hearing: Senators Want Speed, But Agency Heads Stress Time, Effort

Reeducating prescribers on treating pain will take a long time, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb tells Senate HELP Committee Members.

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Members of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions stressed the need for speed on efforts to combat the opioid epidemic at an Oct. 5 hearing, but public health agency heads cautioned that some of the new initiatives are going to take years to have an impact.

US FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb explained to the committee that certain efforts, such as changing prescribing patterns among physicians, are...

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