With passage of time, calls to fix the growing problem of prescription drug addiction and death taking place due to overdose of the same has been on rise.

Responding to the same, federal officials have urged doctors that they should provide powerful painkillers to only those who need them the most. The officials were of the view that it would not be wrong to affirm that such drugs should only be provided to those who need 24-hour care and round the clock treatment.

Leaders of the Food and Drug Administration are having hopes from the new drug labeling guidelines. They are expecting that doctors will be more cautious before they prescribe such strong painkillers to patients.

Some of such drugs are OxyContin, Opana, oxycodone, morphine and narcotic painkillers. As per the official data, it has been unveiled that opioid painkillers-related prescriptions have witnessed a significant rise.

In fact, in 2009, traffic accidents taking place due to the same had increased a lot. However, there are people, who do not think that limiting the availability is going to prove beneficial.

"People who are in severe pain often take more than is prescribed to them, so limiting the label indication is not going to prevent that from happening", said Lynn Webster.