Patients using Adderall, OxyContin and other medicines with ‘high potential for abuse’ will be required to physically visit a doctor
The proposed rules are on track to affect thousands of Americans who have relied on tele-health services throughout the pandemic in order to more easily access their medications. But they do not affect tele-health appointments which do not require doctors to prescribe controlled medications.
“The DEA is committed to ensuring that all Americans can access needed medications,” agency administrator Anne Milgram said in a statement. The proposed rules would also allow doctors to prescribe a 30-day supply of buprenorphine through tele-health appointments to treat opioid use disorder. Despite the convenience of tele-health services, some critics argue that their expansion has allowed for certain companies to take advantage of the flexibility and in turn prescribe unnecessary medications.
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