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KOMU 8 News at 6 p.m.
Jul 17, 2017 | NBC
miouri is no longer the only state.. without a prescription drug monitoring program. good evening, i'm jim riek. and i'm brittany pieper. governor greitens signed an executive order today establishing a drug monitoring program. the program will let the department of health and senior services monitor doctors and pharmacists giving out drugs. doctors will also be able to see what drugs patients are getting from other doctors. greitens' executive order comes after missouri lawmakers couldn't pass a program during the regular session. senator claire mccaskill has been pushing for a drug monitoring program -- but is critical of the greitens plan. she said -- quote -- "while i certainl welcome the governor's attention to the cris, i have serious questions about how meaningful this action will be if doctors writing prescriptions and pharmacists filling those prescriptions don't have access to this database. the welcome mat is still out for drug dealers to shop for prescriptions in our state." attorney general josh hawley applauded the governor's plan, saying --quote-- "today's first step toward a prescription drug monitoring program in missouri is long overdue. i brought suit against major opioid manufacturers last month to start the fight to end the opioid epidemic in our state." according to the st. louis post dispatch, the program will cost 250-thousand dollars to start. -
KFVS Heartland News
Jul 18, 2017 | CBS
lawmaker who fought for years to bring prescription drug monitoring in missouri says--she applauds governor eric greitens' executive order to curb opioid drug abuse. representative holly rehder ray-duhr says the new order wil work alongside county efforts already in place to keep dangerous prescription pils of the streets. one local pharmacist agrees...the governor took the right step. marc thomas is in the 7:06 PMstudio with that part of the story. cape girardeau pharmacist steven bird says the executive order should not change anything for his customers from a day- to-day standpoint....but should help track possible prescription abuse. bird says he applauds efforts by the governor--and local counties that set up data bases already tracking opioid prescriptions. he says this should help put an end to so-called...doctor shopping. "being able to loo and see whether or not a patient has gone to another pharmacy to get the very same prescription makes our job easier because mandated by our board to do everything within our power to make sure that there's a minimal amount of drug diversion going on especially with controlled substances and by having this in place, it allows us to do that. for patients concerned about their privacy...he adds healthcare professionals are already managing this information. and customers who actually need the medication will still get their prescriptions filled. live local now marc thomas heartland news. attorney general josh hawley is on board with the program as well. you may recall... he sued several major major opioid manufacturers last month. menwhile.. representative rehder will join governor greitens wednesday in cape--where he'l lay out more information on how the executive order wil work.
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