Ministry backtracks on extending opioid prescribing period

+News

Ministry backtracks on extending opioid prescribing period

Emily Hughes supplied
New Zealand Drug Foundation’s principal science advisor Emily Hughes says New Zealand’s strong prescribing regulations have helped avert an opioid crisis that other countries have experienced
Legally the supply period for class B opioid prescriptions will revert back to a maximum period of one month, instead of three months. This follows