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There is a draft regulation on opioid prescriptions

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Published Aug. 13, 2024 07:51

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The Health Ministry wants to curb uncontrolled prescribing of opioids by prescription machines. A draft regulation on the matter was published Monday, which stipulates that most doctors will only be able to prescribe certain drugs after personally examining the patient.

In late July, at a joint press conference, Health Minister Izabela Leszczyna and Supreme Medical Council President Lukasz Jankowski said that arrangements were still being made regarding the substances that the restriction would cover. The self-government also agreed on which doctors would be allowed to issue further prescriptions for substances on the ministerial list via teleprescription - initially, Leszczyna said there would ...

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