opioid prescribing guidelines

Health & Safety

CDC issues new opioid prescribing guidance, giving doctors more leeway to treat pain

7:37pm November 03, 2022

The updated recommendations seek to course correct after guidelines from 2016 were criticized for harshly limiting access to needed pain medication.

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CDC weighs new opioid prescribing guidelines amid controversy over old ones

11:01am April 09, 2022

by Will Stone

Many blame the agency's earlier guidance for suffering and even suicide risk among chronic pain patients. Critics say the updated advice may not fix the problem.

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Surgeons are starting to reduce their opioid prescribing habits a little. But they still prescribe a lot of pain pills in the midst of an opioid addiction crisis.

Health & Safety

Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Are Slowing The Flow Of Pills — But Progress Is Slow

8:12pm August 14, 2019

After a group of hospitals in Michigan implemented opioid prescribing guidelines, surgeons there reduced the number of pills they prescribed by around a third. Nationally numbers are slow to change.