AHA, others urge DEA to increase annual caps for controlled substances
The AHA, American Medical Association, American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, and Association for Clinical Oncology are urging the Drug Enforcement Agency to allow drug manufacturers and 503B outsourcing facilities to receive increased annual production quota controlled-substance allocations during the COVID-19 crisis.
Doing so, the organizations say in a letter to the DEA, will allow them to meet 鈥渓egitimate, and absolutely critical, patient care needs鈥 caused by huge spikes in demand for morphine, hydromorphone, fentanyl and other opioids because of the number of patients requiring ventilation
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