Resumen de Prescription Opioid Epidemic: Do Veterinarians Have a Dog in the Fight?

Derek S. Mason, Liliana Tenney, Peter W. Hellyer, Lee S. Newman

• The author discusses efforts to education Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)-licensed prescribers of controlled substances on guidelines for managing pain and modifying opioid prescribing practices in an effort to end the epidemic of opioid abuse in the U.S., despite the tendency for DEA-licensed veterinarians to be overlooked.