Opioid supply crunch for U.S. coronavirus patients prompts appeal to relax limits

Opioid supply crunch for U.S. coronavirus patients prompts appeal to relax limits

Source: 
Reuters
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U.S. doctors running out of narcotics needed for COVID-19 patients on ventilators are asking the federal government to raise production limits for drugmakers, according to a letter seen by Reuters, after national quotas had been tightened to address the opioid addiction crisis.