Melissa Gurdus, of Port Richey, Fla., is a chronic pain patient who relies on opioid medications.

Proposed federal limits to opioid prescriptions draw opposition from physicians and patients

WASHINGTON — In the final hours of public input on a controversial new rule limiting opioid prescriptions, a last-minute coalition emerged on Monday to oppose it.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services rule would restrict opioid doses to Medicare patients to the equivalent of 90 milligrams of morphine per day.