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). As CDC notes in the 2022 proposed guideline, the 2016 guideline provided twelve recommendations for primary care clinicians who prescribe opioids for chronic pain in outpatient settings. ER/LA opioids should be “reserved for severe, continuous pain.”.
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