Pain Management: New Discoveries and Treatment Options in Abuse Deterrent Era
Rescheduling of Hydrocodone combinations from Class III to Class II, clear-cut regulatory guideline for Abuse-Deterrent drug formulation NDA & ANDA (solid oral) filing and CDC guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain (2016) are definite steps taken by FDA in last two years for creating “Abuse-Deterrent Era” in a short span to stop opioid abuse and reversing opioid epidemic in USA. There were around 18,893deaths involving prescription of opioids in the United States in 2014 which was up 16% from…