News:Doctors Too "Cavalier" in Prescribing Narcotics: FDA

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(WikiDoc) - The FDA plans to add further restrictions to two dozen narcotics because they're overprescribed, officials said in a meeting Monday. Prescriptions for schedule II narcotics, or extended-release opioids like OxyContin, fenanyl patches, and methadone and morphine tablets, are under increased scrutiny. The FDA says hundreds of patients die and thousands are injured each year because doctors inappropriately prescribe the drugs.