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Originally Posted by BarryRX
Drugs containing hydrocodone like Vicodin and norco will soon be moving from schedule III to schedule II. This will limit prescriptions to a 90 day supply and no refills. Also, only doctors will be able to write prescriptions for them. This is being done to curb the growing misuse of these highly addictive drugs and to try and reduce the number of overdose deaths caused by them.
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90 days with no refills sounds like highly addictive drugs are not meant to be a permanent fix for any health issue. So the doctor doesn't have to decide whether the person still needs it for pain or is just addicted. That takes a lot of pressure off the doctor.
So what happens after 90 days? Will the doctor prescribe a less addictive drug? Or will the patient go doctor shopping?
What are some of the common health issues that call for those two drugs in the first place?