The guideline's purpose is to "improve communication between clinicians and patients about the risks and benefits of opioid therapy for chronic pain, improve the safety and effectiveness of pain treatment, and reduce the risks associated with long-term therapy including opioid use disorder." Who co...
New CDC Guideline Takes Aim at OpioidsNonopioid therapy is the preferred approach for managing chronic pain outside of active cancer,...Worcester, Sharon
Lee, MD, MSc JAMA Editorial Seeking Balance Between Pain Relief and Safety William Renthal, MD, PhD JAMA Neurology Editorial CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain Neil L. Schechter, MD; Gary A. Walco, PhD JAMA Pediatrics Editorial Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain Mitchell H....
Last week, an early sign of the guideline's impact surfaced in the Senate. Lawmakers there overwhelmingly passed a bill designed to combat opioid abuse, including a provision requiring the Veterans Administration to adopt the CDC recommendations....
They expected physician and FDA opioid hesitancy to remain high in that area. But the FDA quickly approved not only the new drug but its descriptive package insert, which included the words “Delayed absorption, as provided by OxyContin tablets, is believed to reduce the abuse liability.” That...
Objective: Opioid analgesics may be prescribed to ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients with pain that is unresponsive to antirheumatic treatment. Our study assessed factors associated with opioid usage in AS. Methods: A prospective cohort of 706 patients with AS meeting modified New York criteria follo...
New Opioid Prescribing Guidelines Released in the US: What Impact Will They Have in the Care of Older Patients with Persistent Pain? To address the dramatic opioid epidemic and related-deaths from overdoses in the US, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a Guideline fo...
Pain in order to ensure safe and appropriate access forcancer patients, cancer survivors, and individuals with sickle cell disease. The CDC clarification is especially important because many insurance payors have been inappropriately using it to make opioid coverage determinations for those exact ...
“In 2016, CDC first released an opioid-prescribing guideline for chronic pain, and while well-intentioned, dosage thresholds and other aspects of the guideline were incorporated into laws, regulations, and policies that resulted in severe, unintended consequences for some patients. “Most notably...
Guidelines for opioid prescription: why emergency physicians need support. The article focuses on the New York City Emergency Department (ED) Discharge Opioid Prescribing Guidelines issued by the New York City Department of Health... HV Kunins,TA Farley,D Dowell - 《Annals of Internal Medicine》 ...