Good luck finding a physician to prescribe narcotics for chronic pain in light of the recent penalties to Purdue:
But the price for those already in pain promises to be steep. Pharmaceutical development of improved slow-acting opiate medications may be derailed by fresh paranoia. More law-abiding physicians wary of litigation and regulatory scrutiny may withdraw from prescribing potent painkillers. It is hard enough for pain patients to get treatment. This newest injection of malignant hype is the last thing they need.
