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CDC Proposes Updating Practice Guideline for Prescribing Opioids, Warning Against Continued Misapplication

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As explained more fully below, CDC concedes that states, insurers, pharmacies and pharmacy benefit managers have implemented laws, regulations and policies that have misapplied the 2016 guideline. ER/LA opioids should be “reserved for severe, continuous pain.”. 7,838 (Feb. 10, 2022); Dowell, Deborah, MD., Recommendation 4. .