New York City will restrict the prescription of painkillers in emergency rooms at the city's 11 public hospitals, according to a New York Times report.
Under the new policy, patients will not be allowed to get prescription painkillers, such as Vicodin and Percocet, for more than three days. Long-acting painkillers, including OxyContin and Fentanyl, will not be dispensed at all. Also, lost or destroyed prescriptions will not be refilled.
City health officials told the New York Times that the policy would not apply to patients who need prescriptions for cancer pain or palliative care. The aforementioned drugs will still be available outside the emergency room, according to the report.
Several private hospitals in New York, such as NYU Langone Medical Center and Maimonides Medical Center, said that they would adopt this policy voluntarily.
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Under the new policy, patients will not be allowed to get prescription painkillers, such as Vicodin and Percocet, for more than three days. Long-acting painkillers, including OxyContin and Fentanyl, will not be dispensed at all. Also, lost or destroyed prescriptions will not be refilled.
City health officials told the New York Times that the policy would not apply to patients who need prescriptions for cancer pain or palliative care. The aforementioned drugs will still be available outside the emergency room, according to the report.
Several private hospitals in New York, such as NYU Langone Medical Center and Maimonides Medical Center, said that they would adopt this policy voluntarily.
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