Levinson Axelrod reports that two Democrat Senators, as well as pharmacists and geriatrics interest groups, are alleging a DEA crackdown on narcotics is ultimately preventing nursing home patients and hospice care patients from receiving the pain medication they desperately need. If an elderly member of your family has been the victim of nursing home abuse, the New Jersey eldercare abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod would like to help you fight for justice.

According to the politicians and interest groups, the DEA’s strict enforcement of the Controlled Substances Act is leading to delays by pharmaceutical companies in providing pain-control medication such as morphine and Percocet to nursing homes.

If you or someone you love has been the victim of eldercare abuse, contact the New Jersey nursing home abuse lawyers of Levinson Axelrod today by calling 800-346-5529.