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Cassidy Urges DEA to Respect Needs of Patients With Chronic Pain While Combating Opioid Crisis
August 28, 2019
WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release:

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D., (R-LA) is urging the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to ensure patients with chronic pain, who use their prescriptions responsibly, continue to have access to their needed pain-management medication as policy is carried out to combat the opioid crisis.

"...The 2016 Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain have be . . .

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