Maine Doctors Requiring Random Drug Tests Before Writing Prescriptions for Pain Pills

Maine doctors requiring random drug tests before writing prescriptions for pain pills
Filed under: Drug Abuse and Addiction
Posted Nov. 18, 2012, at 5:32 a.m. LEWISTON, Maine — Need a prescription for pain pills? You may be asked to pee in a cup. In an effort to combat Maine’s high rate of prescription drug addiction, doctors are asking patients to sign a controlled-substances agreement that, in part, allows the doctor to ask for a blood or urine sample at any time to ensure patients are taking their pills, rather …
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