let us let dr. houry respond.uest: what i would say is when we see that these drugs don't have evidence for long-term use, is because you look at the agency for health care research and quality. they did a systematic review a few years ago. there have been no long-term studies longer than a year comparing opioid medication to a or essentially no pain medication. there has not been any studies doing that to show long-term effectiveness of it. we do know that opioids can be effective for acute pain for a short period. for longer amount of time, people can become dependent on it and call it to where your body may need 10 times of the dose you originally started on. i hear what you say about nonsteroidal. they can be effective for some people but there are also non-opioid medication and therapy secondly helpful and there is more effectiveness in the literature around this. when i was a is it is up to the patient and provider to have these discussions. the risks and benefits are different for each patient depending on

let us let dr. houry respond.that these drugs don't have evidence for long-term use, is because you look at the agency for health care research and quality. they did a systematic review a few years ago. there have been no long-term studies longer than a year comparing opioid medication to a or essentially no pain medication. there has not been any studies doing that to show long-term effectiveness of it. we do know that opioids can be effective for acute pain for a short period. for longer amount of time, people can become dependent on it and call it to where your body may need 10 times of the dose you originally started on. i hear what you say about nonsteroidal. they can be effective for some people but there are also non-opioid medication and therapy secondly helpful and there is more effectiveness in the literature around this. when i was a is it is up to the patient and provider to have these discussions. the risks and benefits are different for each patient depending on what the medical condition is and the

dr. debra houry on opioid and heroine abuse. lots of different public health issues out there these days, so for the full three hours, tell us what you think, ask questions and we look for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend and we will see you back here tomorrow morning. >> here on c-span, newsmakers is next with democratic senator mark warner of virginia. then, ashton carter will talk about changes to the pentagon's command structure. later, a senate homeland security hearing on terrorism in the united states and abroad. our guest is virginia senator mark warner, a democrat. thank you for being with us. and nielssts are mike . you are up first. >> thanks for joining us today. year in a unique position for a really hot button issue right now. in a unique position for a really hot button issue right now. you are a technologist by trade. you've taken a deep interest in that industry. there is a grand national debate right now about encryption. your colleagues on the intelligence committee are working on legislation to address thi

dr. debra houry is the director of the cdc prevention center for injury and control. thank you so much for your time this morning. guest: thank you. we look forward to hearing all of you. please check out our website for all of the resources on the topics we mentioned today. host: things to all of our guests and the cdc for allowing us to bring you this program today. was the right b >> had the great monday. [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. has advertised we will do a follow-up note from the briefing here a couple of months ago when from the national institutes of health and the cdc kang give you an update on what we have learned about this virus and but it poses to the american public and also the funding request to the estates congress as we discussed last week we have not seen the response from congress that we would expect and frankly we haven't seen the response from congress in the interest of the safety and well-being of the american people. so both doctors should provide some insight into how this resource is to make brief opening statements and quest

dr. debra houry on opioid and heroine abuse.ots of different public health issues out there these days, so for the full three hours, tell us what you think, ask questions and we look for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend and we will see you back here tomorrow morning. >>

dr. thomas friedman on the agency's 70 anniversary and the future of the cdc. we close up monday's program .ith deborah houry if you about heroin and prescription painkiller addiction beginning monday morning at 7:00 a.m. eastern. hillary clinton was in pittsburgh yesterday for a campaign rally at carnegie mellon university. the former secretary of state is introduced hereby pittsburgh's mayor. >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage mayor bill peduto, rich fitzgerald, the -- and hillary clinton. >> ♪ this is my fight song, take back my life song ♪ ♪ [cheering] >> wow. what a crowd. we are so fortunate to have hillary clinton here today to talk about her future for america. [applause] >> secretary clinton has been somebody who has been breaking down barriers her whole life and will continue to do that. she is somebody with a great heart and also with the smarts to move this country forward and get things done. [applause] >> on april 26, western pennsylvania is going to be clinton country. [applause] >> while there are other candidates out there talking about building walls, we know pittsburgh --