More States Requiring Naloxone Prescription With Opioids

Doctors in a growing number of states are now required to offer a prescription for overdose antidote naloxone at the same time opioids are prescribed under certain circumstances, a development that could add to the growth in naloxone prescriptions in workers’ comp. At least seven states — California, Virginia, Arizona, Ohio, Washington, Vermont and Rhode Island — have new laws or regulations regarding co-prescribing of naloxone to patients taking opioids, Kaiser Health News reported last week. In some of those states, a doctor is required to at least offer a ...