Advocates for tighter control of opioid painkillers are turning up the pressure on state lawmakers to establish a database to monitor prescriptions in Missouri, the only U.S. state to lack one. Studies show such databases, which allow doctors and pharmacists to view a patient’s past prescriptions, can help stop addicts from obtaining prescriptions from multiple doctors. A bill to create such a database in Missouri passed out of...

Source: Wall Street Journal February 24, 2017 10:30 UTC