Biden’s next battle in his opioids fight: His own bureaucracy

Biden’s next battle in his opioids fight: His own bureaucracy

[ad_1] The law, enacted in December, eliminated a requirement that practitioners go through time-consuming training to prescribe buprenorphine, which helps patients wean themselves from dangerous opioids like fentanyl or heroin. It also lifted restrictions on the number of patients doctors could treat with the drug. But buprenorphine is itself an opioid, and access to it … Read more