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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Amanda Seitz and Lindsay Whitehurst

Feds seek to limit telehealth prescriptions for some drugs

Copyright 2019 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

The Biden administration moved Friday to require patients see a doctor in person before getting attention deficit disorder medication or addictive painkillers, toughening access to the drugs against the backdrop of a deepening opioid crisis.

The proposal could overhaul the way millions of Americans get some prescriptions after three years of relying on telehealth for doctor’s appointments by computer or phone during the pandemic.

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