Monday, October 28, 2013

From Problem To New Rules: Painkiller Regs Took Decades

F.D.A. Shift On Painkillers Was Years In The Making by Barry Meier and Eric Lipton.  October 27, 2013.

(1)  In the ________ drug companies successfully argued to Congress that Vicodin and similar products should be placed in the less restrictive category of Schedule III.

(2)  By the _______ drugs like Vicodin were being widely abused.

(3)  In __________ Dr. Ronald J. Dougherty filled a formal petition urging federal officials to crack down on painkillers.

(4)  A D.E.A. investigation in ________________ stated that "law enforcement has documented the diversion of millions of dosage units of hydrocodone by theft, doctor shopping, fraudulent prescriptiosn, bogus call-in prescriptions."

(5)  The F.D.A. rules in ___________ that the pain pills should remain in Schedule III.

(6)  Explain and put into context the relative roles of Representative Fred Upton and Senator Joe Machin III.

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