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NYC restricts powerful painkillers in public hospitals

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    Mayor Bloomberg's crackdown on prescription drug abuse

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Well people here New York City now have fewer powerful painkillers available to them in public hospitals.

This is part of mayor Michael Bloomberg's efforts to crack down on prescription drug abuse.

Under this new plan patients cannot receive more than three days worth of narcotic painkillers including bike and it.

The hospitals when Clinton quit dispensing longer acting drugs such as OxyContin.

And if you lose your prescription got a lot no refills.

Today at a New York City radio show Mayor Bloomberg said he's also urging private hospitals to follow suit.

If you get twenty days worth of pills and you'll need him for three days -- seventeen days sitting there invariably some of the kids gonna find him or you're gonna take cumin.

You get addicted and you see there's a lot more hold ups of pharmacies people getting held up as they walk out of pharmacies.

And all what are they all about the not China's steal your this shaving cream into space.

At -- point of a gun they want these drugs.

But critics say the policy could keep doctors from properly treating some of the low income patients who may rely on this public hospitals.

Of course is the same city that's banning many large sugary drinks banning trans fats in restaurants and well I mean how long do you have.

-- -- now doctor Arthur Caplan he's the director of medical director of the division of medical ethics at NYU's -- and medical center you know.

Any time you're keeping something from one group that another group can have there's reason at least for -- thinking right.

I agree one of the problems with the band is that it's unfair so that a private -- -- a private doctor and call us -- content by giving you want.

Part of the problem here is we have a huge problem with the abuse prescription drugs I don't know if you know -- -- more people -- and have.

Prescription drug overdose in car accidents while that I didn't know so it's out of control.

It's an epidemic it's probably worse than recreational -- I mean her win and that's -- thing.

So we need to do something I appreciate the mayor's stepping in -- in the sense runs those hospitals so that's what he controls.

We got to do better than that you know quite simply.

Doctors have to stop saying you got an eight from gonna give you this powerful painkillers sure.

And that there there is the other group and I know that's exactly group to -- you were referring who without these modern.

Miracle drugs for some people.

They couldn't live the way you and -- this is a debilitating -- huge tensions are real people with real horrible pain that they go around every -- suffering you know -- -- -- end of life here yeah we got some dioxide that are over prescribe -- morphine but don't let your artwork please slowly you know we're watching this we haven't figured out yet.

Great rules for if you governing these powerful painkillers that we have that one in reported and the people who abuse them solemn.

Die from them recreational -- the other and we are dying grim -- -- -- I mean I mean they're saying.

Q what -- -- now suffering is unacceptable you bet so one other tip just for viewers to know what I do I got something to offer.

Lock up your best because the way the kids and other people start to get into the abuse of prescription painkillers as -- go -- and yet.

Your minutes and you may say not my kid what about your kid's friend via if it's locked the first time they won't get it takes to get addicted you got it.

If if you try to lock it after they -- to have the problem the -- its camera holds a lot to no good rest doctor Kaplan.

-- -- on this one it's a tough tough one you know thanks.

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