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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: mystery-ak on May 07, 2018, 06:58:17 pm
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Walmart to restrict opioid prescriptions at its pharmacies
By Rachel Roubein - 05/07/18 02:28 PM EDT
Walmart pharmacies will soon limit the supply of first-time opioid prescriptions for acute pain to seven days, an effort aimed at clamping down on an epidemic killing more people per year than traffic accidents.
The initiative will start within 60 days, the company announced Monday, and comes as an increasing number of states and entities in the health industry have placed limits on opioid prescriptions.
“We are taking action in the fight against the nation’s opioid epidemic,†Marybeth Hays, Walmart’s executive vice president of health and wellness and consumables, said in a statement. The policies also apply to Sam’s Club, which is owned by Walmart.
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http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/386552-walmart-to-place-restrictions-on-opioid-prescriptions-at-its-pharmacies (http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/386552-walmart-to-place-restrictions-on-opioid-prescriptions-at-its-pharmacies)