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

FDA Law

MARCH 17, 2022

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. The guideline is not applicable to the treatment of pain related to sickle cell disease, or palliative or end-of-life care. 7,838 (Feb.

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CDC Emphasizes Opioid Guideline is Voluntary and Should Support, Not Supplant, Patient Care

FDA Law

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

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.”. Methadone should not be the first choice for an ER/LA opioid.

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

CDC Emphasizes Opioid Guideline is Voluntary and Should Support, Not Supplant, Patient Care

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