Providers Still See Drawbacks To Opioid Education Mandates
Executive Summary
Participants in a US FDA meeting on opioid REMS did not treat a move to mandatory education as a foregone conclusion. Instead, they delved frequently into alternate approaches to enhance the education itself.
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