Here are five takeaways:
1. Florida legislators are looking to pass bills that impose three day limits on opioid prescriptions. The bill would cover prescriptions for Schedule II painkillers and give providers the ability to extend the prescription limit to seven days if deemed medically necessary.
2. Orthopedic surgeon Hank Hutchinson, MD, is worried the bills overstep their boundaries, stating the limits are too arbitrary.
3. Florida Orthopedic Society is concerned with how lawmakers can define pain, its director Fraser Cobbe said. The group has offered suggestions to legislators; however, he doesn’t believe changes to the bills will be made.
4. Brandon Luskin, MD, expressed his apprehensions of the bill, noting once the bill is a law there is not any wiggle room for physicians.
5. Along with the prescription limits, the bills look to revamp the state’s database to monitor prescriptions.
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