CDC Proposes Updating Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Warning Against Continued Misapplication
FDA Law Blog
MARCH 17, 2022
We blogged on the final 2016 guideline here on March 17, 2016). When starting opioid therapy for acute, subacute, or chronic pain, clinicians should prescribe immediate-release opioids instead of extended-release/long-acting (“ER/LA”) opioids. ER/LA opioids should be “reserved for severe, continuous pain.”.
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