MedPageToday.com -Chronic pain patients were left out to dry by: Elizabeth Hlavinka, Staff Writer, MedPage Today September 05, 2019 LAS VEGAS — The 2016 CDC guidelines on opioid prescribing have had lasting consequences for patients with chronic pain, an expert said here. In the 3 years since the guidelines were published, at least 33 states…
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CDC opioid guideline is causing harm to people in chronic pain
August 16, 2018 – 08:00 AM EDT BY DR. LYNN WEBSTER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR ——————————————————————————————The views expressed by contributors are their own and not the view of The Hill. On March 15, 2016, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published its Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. The recommendations were designed for primary…
CDC Quick Reference for Healthcare Providers and Prescribing Opioids
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No more ‘shortcuts’ in prescribing opioids for chronic pain. Millions of Americans need nuanced care
STAT NEWS FIRST OPINION By STEFAN G. KERTESZ and KATE M. NICHOLSON APRIL 26, 2019 Declarations from two federal agencies offer hope — and possible action — for people in pain who have lost access to prescribed opioids. These declarations come not a moment too soon for those who have been abandoned by their health…
CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline: Unintentional Consequences?
Posted on July 11, 2018 by Angelika Byczkowski I’m sick of reading how all the horrible and entirely predictable consequences of the CDC Opioid Prescribing Guideline were “unintentional” and “unforeseeable”. The broad misinterpretation of the CDC’s Opioid Prescribing Guideline as establishing fixed limits on opioid prescribing has stranded hundreds of thousands of pain patients in…
