The federal government will allow doctors to keep using telemedicine to prescribe certain medications for anxiety, pain and opioid addiction, extending for six months emergency flexibilities established during the coronavirus pandemic.
The Drug Enforcement Administration and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration made the announcement Tuesday, two days before the telemedicine flexibilities were set to expire along with the coronavirus public health emergency.controlled medications will run through Nov. 11, 2023. And that deadline will be longer still if doctors have already established a telemedicine relationship with patients.
doctors to remotely prescribe an initial 30-day supply of some controlled medications, such as buprenorphine for opioid addiction or testosterone for hormone replacement therapy. But under the proposal that is now back on the shelf, patients looking to get refills beyond that would have needed to see a physician in-person.
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