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Look to State Guidelines for 90-Day Supplies

Published on Thu Mar 19, 2015

Question:  We have patients who have instructions from their employers to get a 90-day drug supply to save the employer and the patient money. My surgeons want to help our patients in this regard, but we aren’t sure if there are restrictions against giving out more than a 30-day supply of pain killers, some of which are very strong, especially [...]
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