This blog will focus on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain.[1] This is a document that was just published, and it's intended for primary care providers, which includes both physicians and nonphysicians, who are treating indiv...
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“The new prescribing guidelines approved by the CDC are an important step in addressing America’s opioid crisis,” said Gary Mendell, founder and CEO of Shatterproof, a national non-profit organization focused on ending addiction.
CDC Guidelines Fail to Address Postoperative Prescribing Despite the sharp focus on the opioid epidemic following the release of the CDC Guidelines for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain,15,25,32,33 there has been little attention placed on postoperative prescribing. The omission of postoperative pres...
It may also be helpful for oncologists to remember that the CDC guidelines, which specifically favor fast-acting opioids for shortterm use, were not written to address the treatment and management of cancer-related pain, says Fumiko Chino, MD, a radiation oncologist at Duke University and lead...
Identify the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and American Dental Association (ADA) statements on the use of opioids in the treatment of dental pain. 2. Identify the different steps in the treatment of opioid-prescribed patients. 3. Understand proper prescribing, dosing, and ...
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The 2007 Polyanalgesic Consensus Panel recently recommended major changes to the guidelines for treatment, via intraspinal infusion, of patients suffering from severe chronic pain. Eric Grigsby, M.D., medical director of the Spectrum Care Pain Treatment Center in Napa, Calif., explained that the ...
The results also revealed that prescription opioid use for chronic pain decreased from 15.2% in 2019 to 13.5% in 2020. However, there was no corresponding increase in nonpharmacologic therapies, despite current CDC guidelines that recommend maximizing the use of medication alternatives. ...
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