CDC guideline for prescribing opioids for chronic pain

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• Corporate Authors:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Description:
  The United States is in the midst of an epidemic of prescription opioid overdoses. The amount of opioids prescribed and sold in the US quadrupled since 1999, but the overall amount of pain reported by Americans hasn’t changed. This epidemic is devastating American lives, families, and communities.
  
  Learn more: ww.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/prescribing/guideline.htm
  
  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_at-a-glance-a.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Chronic Pain Drug Overdose Drug Prescriptions Inappropriate Prescribing Opioid-Related Disorders
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Pages in Document:
  4 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:f3a7bf0fc6e198715fcc4de4b540ef0a7cdd541677bd49cbd2916388fc8a8a5f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/43241/cdc_43241_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.50 MB ]