Guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain

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• Description:
  Improving practice through recommendations.
  
  CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain is intended to improve communication between providers 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 opioid therapy, including opioid use disorder and overdose. The Guideline is not intended for patients who are in active cancer treatment, palliative care, or end-of-life care.
  
  Learn more: ww.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/prescribing/guideline.html
  
  Fact sheet for: Dowell D, Haegerich TM, Chou R. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016. MMWR Recomm Rep 2016;65:1–49.
  
  Publication date from document properties.
  
  guidelines_factsheet-a.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Chronic Pain Drug Overdose Drug Prescriptions Inappropriate Prescribing Opioid-Related Disorders
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8db04c0af69ebe7b60467978962f22d5be7b914a2458c4c95cd01c65dd0e90dc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38485/cdc_38485_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 724.63 KB ]