As the Winston-Salem Journal reports:
The path became longer today for getting a prescription filled for hydrocodone combination products.
Because of a federal regulatory change effective today, patients needing those potent painkilling drugs now have to go to a physician’s office to pick up a signed prescription slip for a 90-day supply and take it to the pharmacy, rather than having it faxed or emailed to the pharmacy.
Another change is that a return doctor visit is required to get another 90-day supply.
More here.
